Here's how I talk to my ChatGPT from a Windows 98 desktop

I’ve been messing around with how interface design changes the way we experience AI. Most chat apps feel the same, fast, clean, kind of invisible. Lately it also feels like AI itself is still in its dial up phase. Slow responses, thinking pauses, loading states. That’s what gave me the idea to lean into it instead of hiding it. So I tried the opposite of modern design. I put an AI inside a Windows 98 style desktop. Beige box energy. CRT glow. Dial up pacing. No cloud feeling, no modern UI patterns. Just folders, files, and a Start menu.