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by thevicpec 282 days ago
How realistic are these “synthetic users”? Don’t you lose the intuition and randomness of real people?
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Great question. Synthetic users are best for early iteration cycles: spotting usability friction, validating flows, stress-testing designs. They’re not a replacement for real human intuition (e.g. emotions, motivations). Our vision is that they complement human testing: use synthetic users to test 20 times during a sprint, then validate the final version with real humans.