Design & Systems

The prompt is not an interface

A 1970s computer with black screen and green text. Model: VT100

Why AI sent us back to the command line — On direct manipulation, visual intent, and the regression of AI tooling.

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“Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognises before it can speak.” — John Berger, Ways of Seeing, 1972 [1]

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