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https://www.cbmdigital.co.uk/blog/generative-design-shaping-...

# Generative Design ## Shaping a More Adaptive Web

James O'Toole | 2024-12-09

For decades, online experiences have followed a familiar script: users land on websites that, while visually engaging and occasionally personalised, remain largely static. Even when websites attempt to adapt—perhaps with tailored recommendations or dynamic content—the changes are often based on broad assumptions, applied to predefined user segments, and limited in their responsiveness. What if we could move beyond this paradigm? What if a website could continuously evolve, in real time, to meet the unique interests and behaviours of every individual user?

This question arose during a conversation with Dr. Stuart Mills, a behavioural economist whose insights often focus on how digital environments shape human decision-making. Dr. Mills suggested combining the principles of website morphing—a concept introduced by John Hauser and Glen Urban—with the adaptive potential of large language models like ChatGPT. The idea was deceptively simple: instead of merely predicting user preferences, why not enable a site to dynamically reconfigure itself, moment by moment, based on how users interact?

Around the same time, I attended Glenn Jones's talk at UX Brighton. His presentation explored how large language models could go beyond content generation to actively create and modify UI components in real-time. Glenn's demonstration was compelling, illustrating how an AI could receive user inputs, craft interface elements, and seamlessly integrate them into a live experience. Inspired by Stuart's challenge and Glenn's practical insights, I spent a weekend building a prototype to explore what this could look like in practice.

### From Concept to Reality

The prototype leverages two key technologies: generative AI and real-time behavioural data streaming. As a user navigates the site, their actions—scroll depth, interaction frequency, dwell time—are captured and fed into a generative AI model. This model interprets these signals and returns structured instructions to modify the site's layout and content. These instructions, formatted as JSON Patch operations, enable the site to:

Dynamically generate interactive elements like quizzes, polls, and mini-games based on the user's engagement patterns and interests, creating "hook points" that maintain attention and encourage deeper exploration surface relevant images that match user interests, using AI to analyze engagement patterns and continuously refine the visual experience Weave together relevant facts, anecdotes, and contextual information into an evolving narrative thread that adapts to the user's curiosity and learning style Each modification is seamlessly applied to the DOM, styled with Tailwind CSS, and animated to ensure a smooth, visually appealing transition. The result isn't merely a personalised website but an experience that feels alive and responsive. The interface adapts continuously, creating an engaging flow that blends the addictive, "just one more scroll" dynamic of platforms like TikTok with educational depth and entertainment value.

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Seeking contract/freelance.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automata_theory

I'm sure many are familiar with state diagrams, directed graphs that can be used to explain regular expressions or any other FSM

Turing machines also can be represented with a diagram featuring a "tape" - so elegant

Professor Rick Thomas made a great impression on me whilst lecturing on the subject of Automata

Choosing not to have a child because of you are unable to safely raise it, is one thing. (can't afford to raise a child; mother is too young; rape victims)

Choosing not to have a child because it's genetic code doesn't fit your notion of good. Is another. (Downs; autism; gender; eye color)

Aside: I'd love to be a fly on the wall as you try to discuss your stance with a person with one more chromosome than you

Has NLP progressed rendering Paul's plan a failure?

Am I a bot? How about you? Does it matter if I make valuable contributions?

Do I need a counter argument?

Clearly one of the most powerful people in the world. She controls the majority of British wealth and doesn't pay taxes on it because she owns a whole countries to embezzle it with

Her son just sold a chalet in Switzerland for millions so he could settle an international case

That's without getting into the good graces from the media

No power literally can't name a single person more powerful and less accountable to any laws

If they are small they wont have the money to make a case against you.

If you are brushing up your CV are you looking for a new job?

I don't think it's in your best interest to talk about that project with colleagues. Likely no one will even notice

Embrace using open source not reinventing the wheel, hopefully you are already standing on the shoulders of giants

Practise extreme programming. Test driven. Pairing. Trunk based development. Stop using PRs... that's a controversial one - pair instead

Continuously integrate and deploy.

Now optimise that loop. How long does it take a pair to get a commit on mainline. How long does it take for that commit to be live. If the commit had a bug how long does it take to revert and have the fix go live.

Write tests first. TDD. Otherwise all of the above is for nothing and you'll have very quickly developed a big pile of something that doesn't do what you want it to do

Most cities have them on on the evening. Community centers, universities, art colleges. Most very affordable to attend. And it's not as awkward as you'd expect.

You'll need to take: Lots of BIG (A3 at least) sheets paper Low density drawing charcoal And or 4B pencil Putty rubber Some way of clipping or sticking paper to a board (probably provided)