Designing with Interest

Engaging the mind, not just the attention

Adrian Chan

The web captured eyeballs → pageviews
Social media captured attention → engagement
Search matched relevance → match quality
AI can engage the mind → interestingness

• Prologue 1 The User 2 Agency 3 Context 4 Use Cases 5 Language 6 Content 7 The Interaction 8 Artificial Intelligence 9 Interestingness ◊ Glossary

This essay was written by Adrian Chan with Claude as a collaborative writing partner. Each chapter includes notes from Claude reflecting on the collaboration — the gap between generation and communication, performed from inside.