I’ve been thinking about how AI assistants might change the way we use the internet. Instead of arguing about whether AI will take over jobs, I think the bigger change is happening with how we interact with websites and apps.
Picture this - instead of opening multiple browser tabs and jumping between different services, you just tell your AI helper what you need. Like “schedule a meeting with my dentist” or “help me find the best phone plan” and it handles everything behind the scenes.
The assistant could use APIs or even browse websites automatically without you ever seeing the actual interface. This makes me wonder if traditional web design is going to become less important.
I’m seeing early signs of this already. There are tools that can control browsers automatically and AI services that work as middlemen for existing software.
So my question is - should developers and designers start thinking about building for AI assistants instead of human users? Are we heading toward a future where most people never directly visit websites anymore?
I’ve been doing web dev for eight years, and honestly? We’re not heading for complete obsolescence - more like a gradual shift. AI crushes routine stuff but falls apart when you need nuanced decisions or visual browsing. Ask ChatGPT to help pick furniture or compare vacation spots and you’ll see why we still need visual interfaces.
In my current projects, the companies that are winning build hybrid systems. They’ve got AI-friendly APIs but keep intuitive human interfaces for complex stuff. Banking’s a great example - people use voice assistants to check balances but still want traditional interfaces for mortgages or investments.
Don’t think either-or. Focus on systems that work for both AI agents and humans. That means better structured data, cleaner APIs, and interfaces that adapt based on who’s using them.
I’ve been doing UX design for five years, and this varies wildly by industry. Healthcare and finance are crawling forward because they need human oversight and paper trails. E-commerce and booking sites? They’re already running AI-first tests. User behavior splits hard on age and tech comfort. My younger clients love voice ordering and auto-scheduling, but they still want to see confirmation screens for money or personal stuff. I’m designing invisible AI now - it does the research and filtering behind the scenes, then shows curated options through normal web layouts. The backend architecture is what really matters here. Systems need to work whether it’s humans clicking buttons or AI agents hitting APIs.
This shift’s happening way faster than people think. I’ve watched companies get stuck on this exact problem.
The real bottleneck isn’t AI capability - it’s making different systems talk to each other. Most businesses have data spread across dozens of platforms that were never meant to work together.
Here’s what works: don’t rebuild everything for AI or stay completely manual. Build automation bridges between your existing tools. Let AI be the conductor that runs all your different services.
I’ve built workflows where one trigger updates CRM records, sends notifications, creates calendar events, and generates reports across totally different platforms. Users just see the result - they don’t touch five different interfaces.
You don’t have to choose between human interfaces and AI interfaces. You need systems that serve both through smart automation layers.
If you’re dealing with this transition, Latenode makes it easy to connect any services and build these bridges without heavy coding. It’s the missing piece that lets you build for humans and AI agents at the same time.
I’ve been through several major tech transitions, and this’ll take way longer than people think. Look at mobile apps - everyone said they’d kill desktop websites, but both are still here doing different things. The real problem is trust. When AI handles your money or important stuff, you want to know what it actually did. I’ve watched clients try fully automated systems, and customers always want receipts, confirmations, ways to check the AI’s work. Web interfaces aren’t dying because they’re how we verify what AI does. People want to see their appointments, check their orders, understand their finances with their own eyes. The interface IS the audit trail. Smart devs get this - they’re building APIs for AI while keeping clean interfaces for humans to oversee and handle complex decisions. The future isn’t AI killing interfaces. It’s AI and interfaces working together.
depends on what you’re using it for, but I think we’re overthinking this. Most people still want control over their data and decisions. yeah, AI can book my Uber, but when I’m shopping for something expensive or personal? I want to see reviews, compare options myself, browse around. The real shift will probably be AI handling boring tasks while we keep control of the stuff that matters to us.