Exploring the Future of Web Forms with GenAI: What Are Your Thoughts?

[spannercode]

Hello, HackerNews community!

I've been thinking about how artificial intelligence, particularly GenAI, could revolutionize the way we design and build online forms. Forms are a fundamental component of the web, used for everything from user registration to data collection. The user experience with forms can make or break a website or application.

With GenAI's capabilities in mind, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the following questions:

How do you envision AI, like GenAI, transforming the design and development of online forms?

What features or aspects of form building do you think AI can improve the most?

What challenges or concerns do you foresee when integrating AI into the form-building process?

Are there any AI-powered form-building tools or projects that you find particularly interesting or promising?

What do you think the ideal form-building experience will look like in the near future, given advancements in AI?

Feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, or any AI-related projects you've come across that are pushing the boundaries of form design. I'm excited to hear your insights and engage in a discussion about the potential of AI in this domain.

Looking forward to your responses and a stimulating conversation!

[aristofun]

Why do you think people making shitty forms (as most of them are shitty) would magically start making good forms because of AI?

This is one of many problems that had nothing to do with AI, sorry to disappoint.

[spannercode → aristofun]

I believe at least for the design aspect for the form, how it looks could be better done by the form builder software. With GenAI, maybe the personalization of design for each form creator and context becomes more accessible.

[aristofun → spannercode]

You're looking for the coin where the light is, not where it was really lost :)

[solardev → aristofun]

I like this saying! Did you make it up?

[mikewarot]

It all depends on if they can stabilize the API and Libraries or not. You can take a Windows executable from a decade ago, and it'll still work. You can't take the same age Python, PERL, PHP or whatever and expect it to be supported, or to work correctly.

If you want a demo that you're going to have to throw away in a year, and every subsequent year, go with Web based GUIs. If you need something stable, build a Win32 GUI, and run it in an emulator on the web.

[quickthrower2]

Automatically filling them in would go a long way! Maybe better AI to know what should go in what field. This is probably UA side though, so on MAG to implement. (Mozilla Apple and Google!)