Accessibility in the End of Deterministic Design (Again)

Description

Every generation of technology brings a new wave of unpredictability. From responsive layouts to personalized experiences, we’ve been here before: interfaces that shift, adapt, and evolve beyond a designer’s full control. As product teams now build AI systems that compose interfaces and experiences in real time, we face familiar questions in unfamiliar forms: How do we ensure accessibility when outcomes aren’t fixed? How do we test what we can’t predict?

In this talk, Anna E. Cook discusses non-deterministic design, a way of building systems that remain accessible even when no two interfaces are exactly alike. She argues that accessibility isn’t something generative interfaces will “fix,” but the foundation we’ll need to fix generative interfaces themselves. Attendees will learn how to design for usability, accessibility, and inclusion when the “final state” no longer exists.