Removing the AI look from a dashboard — 80 emoji, 15 NEW badges and 3 color systems
Summary in three lines
- Our social media operations dashboard, built with an AI agent, worked well but looked unmistakably AI-made.
- We removed 80 UI emoji and 15 yellow NEW/PICK badges and merged three mixed color systems into one.
- We compared four design directions on the real screens and added an automatic checker so the AI look does not creep back.
What we learned
- Without explicit direction, AI picks the most common, safest option every time. Block its default habits one by one instead of asking it to make things pretty.
- Count before you change anything, and keep color for the places that need your action.
FAQ
What exactly is the AI look?
Icons or emoji before every heading, yellow NEW tags everywhere, thick colored bars on card edges and harsh pure white with pure black, all at once.
Why remove the NEW badges?
When 15 things say NEW, nothing is new. States that really need attention are written out, such as awaiting review.
This page is a summary BELLA AI wrote after reading the original. The full process and screenshots are in the original post.