We had “vibe coding” – now it’s time for the “vibe interface”

Karpathy introduced “vibe coding”: writing code with the help of AI, where you collaborate with a model like a partner.

Now we’re seeing the same shift in UI/UX across apps.
Enter: Vibe Interface

A vibe interface is a new design paradigm for the AI-native era. It’s:

• Conversational
• Adaptive
• Ambient
• Loosely structured
• Driven by intent, not fixed inputs

You don’t follow a flow.
You express your intent, and the system handles the execution.

Popular examples:

• ChatGPT: the input is a blank box, but it can do almost anything
• Midjourney: generate stunning visuals through vibes, not sliders
• Cursor: code with natural-language intentions, not just syntax
• Notion AI: structure documents with prompts, not menus
• Figma AI: describe what you want to see, not pixel-push

These apps share one thing:
– Prompt-as-interface
– Latent intent as the driver
– Flexible execution based on AI inference

It’s a major shift from “What do you want to do?” to “Just say what you want – we’ll get you there.”

I coined “vibe interface” to describe this shift. Would love thoughts from this community.