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# The AI Feature Nobody Asked For
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/the-ai-feature-nobody-asked-for/
- Published: 2026-07-16T10:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-16T10:06:00.000Z
- Description: Consumer surveys consistently show people don’t want AI integrated into everyday products—they want solutions to specific problems, not technology for its own sake.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, consumer behavior, ai adoption, attention economy

Source: [Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers](https://smashingmagazine.com/2026/07/people-dont-want-more-ai/?ref=adjacent.media)

Consumer surveys consistently show people don't want AI integrated into everyday products—they want solutions to specific problems, not technology for its own sake. Companies building AI into everything from toasters to email clients are confusing their own innovation roadmaps with actual user demand. Products that survive the next 18 months will treat AI as infrastructure (solving a real friction point) rather than as marketing copy.