User testing with artificial intelligence


This is how artificial intelligence is changing user testing: Artificial intelligence is the model of the future

User testing has long been a key part of product development and service design. It allows companies to ensure that products meet users’ needs and expectations. Traditionally, user testing has required manual work: obtaining test subjects, organizing tests and analyzing the results. This process is often expensive and time-consuming. Now, the revolution in artificial intelligence offers a new approach that can revolutionize the entire field of user testing.

Artificial intelligence is not only a powerful tool to support user testing, but it will be the model of the future for handling user testing.

Faster and more efficient analysis

Artificial intelligence’s ability to process huge amounts of data quickly is one of its biggest advantages in user testing. In traditional testing, analyzing data can take hours or days, but AI can do it in seconds. This enables almost real-time feedback and helps companies react quickly to users’ problems and needs.

For example, the analysis of user interactions on a website can be automated using artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence can identify where users encounter challenges and why they might abandon the purchase process or leave the site. Instead of a company hiring analysts to interpret these events, AI can quickly provide detailed reports and suggestions for improvements.

A/B testing to a new level

A/B testing has long been one of the most popular ways to test different versions of products or websites to improve the user experience. However, with the help of artificial intelligence, A/B testing can be taken to a whole new level. Instead of testing only two versions at a time, the AI ​​can process and analyze several different variations at the same time. It also knows how to optimize tests continuously, which makes the testing process more dynamic and efficient.

When AI is used to automate A/B testing, it can continuously collect data and update analysis without interruption. This leads to faster results and better decisions, which in turn means better products and a better user experience.

Deep understanding of users’ feelings and needs

Traditional user testing often provides only superficial information about user activity: what users do, when and where they do it. Artificial intelligence goes a step further and can analyze deeper factors related to the user experience, such as emotions, motives and needs. For example, artificial intelligence can be used to identify users’ emotional reactions, such as frustration or excitement, by analyzing facial expressions, tone of voice or even the user’s movement on the site.

Artificial intelligence’s natural language processing (NLP) can help analyze user feedback effectively. It can be used to find hidden trends and insights from user experiences that would be impossible to detect through manual analysis.

Virtual testers – simulations of the new era

Virtual testers are artificial intelligence-based simulations that mimic real users and their behavior. This enables user testing to be carried out without the need for large numbers of real test subjects. Virtual testers can be used to test the functionality of the product in different scenarios and with different user profiles.

In the future, artificial intelligence can create even more realistic test situations that take into account the different needs and behaviors of users. In this way, companies can anticipate how the product will work in the real world and make the necessary changes even before the launch.

Elimination of human error

There is always a risk of human error in user testing performed by humans. However, artificial intelligence does not get tired and does not make mistakes caused by human factors, such as inattention or preconceptions. It ensures that the testing process remains objective and consistent.

Not only does AI analyze data accurately, but it can also provide predictive analytics and recommendations based on past behavior patterns and trends. This makes testing more reliable and ensures that decisions are based on facts and not based on subjective interpretations.

Artificial intelligence is the future of user testing

The speed, efficiency and deep analysis capability of artificial intelligence make it a superior tool in user testing. In the future, AI-based testing will be the norm because it simply provides more and better information to improve the user experience.

Companies that embrace AI in user testing are able to create a competitive advantage by developing products that accurately respond to users’ needs and desires. Those who fall behind may find themselves underdogs in an increasingly digitized world.

Artificial intelligence is not only changing user testing – it is the future model for how it will be done.



Janne Gylling
Creative Director • janne@jannegylling.fi