August 2023

How Does an Imaginary Persona’s Attractiveness Affect Designers’ Perceptions and IT Solutions? An Experimental Study on Users’ Remote Working Needs

The “what is beautiful is good” (WIBIG) effect implies that observers tend to perceive physically attractive people in a positive light. In this research, led by Joni Salminen, we investigate how the WIBIG effect applies to user personas, measuring designers’ perceptions and task performance when employing user personas for the design of information technology (IT) […]

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Risks and limitations of LLM-generated personas

Disclaimer: Parts of this blog post were written by ChatGPT (GPT-3.5). The author has verified the content for accuracy and fluency. The topic of leveraging Language Models (LLMs) for persona generation is undeniably intriguing. The application of cutting-edge deep learning techniques to automate the creation of personas opens up new possibilities for understanding user needs

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