algorithms
chat
How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Chatbot Use
A study by MIT Media Lab finds that heavy use of chatbots correlates to loneliness, emotional dependence, and other negative social impacts.
algorithms
TikTok Will Never Die
TikTok might not be chit-chatting generative AI, writes Damon Beres, but it’s the most widely and deeply impactful AI application we’ve seen so far.
sentient design
When Combinations of Humans and A.I. are Useful
A research study raises challenging questions about collaborative AI interfaces, including the value of “human in the loop” interfaces and explanations of AI logic and confidence scores.
sentient design
This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat
AI pioneer Yann LeCun reminds us that just because LLMs are good at language doesn’t mean that they’re smart.
ai
Beware of Botshit
Botshit is hallucinated content that makes its way into human communications or screws up decision making.
sentient design
A Radically Adaptive World Model
A research project generates a world based on Counter-Strike, frame by frame in response to your actions. What happens when you apply the same thinking to the design of websites, dashboards, or canvas apps?
sentient design
Exploring the AI Solution Space
Jorge Arango explores what it means for machine intelligence to be “used well” and, in particular, questions the current fascination with general-purpose, open-ended chat interfaces.
sentient design
This is the Moment to Reinvent Your Product
Will you use AI to get better/faster at things you already do, or will you invent new ways to do things that weren’t previously possible?
sentient design
The 3 Capabilities Designers Need To Build for the AI Era
Designers have an opportunity to expand their roles and perspective in AI strategy, interaction design, and model design. How will we respond to the new problems and emerging interaction models that AI invites us to address and explore?
design
The Technology We Deserve
Smart gadgets often abuse their trust or overreach their capabilities. A personal list of favorite fitness devices yields some principles for good product design.
algorithms
How Machines Are Taking Over the World’s Stock Markets
Use machine learning “to identify new theories, and once you identify a new theory, you throw the machine away, you don’t want the machine.”
design
The Decade of Design
Figma interviewed a dozen experts, including Big Medium’s Josh Clark, to chronicle the rise of design in the past decade—and what comes next.
sentient design
You’re Not Late to Machine Learning
If you’re worried that you’re behind in getting in on machine learning, never fear: AI has not so much come of age as reached an awkward adolescence. You’re right on time.
ai
AI Dungeon
AI Dungeon is a pretty astonishing example of generative fiction—in the form of old-school text adventure game.
data
Inmates in Finland are training AI as part of prison labor
Grooming data for the machines has a human cost.
sentient design
Why Machine Learning and AI Matter for Design Teams
There’s a critical role for design in the era of the algorithm—and your organization almost certainly has what it needs to jump in today.
ai
AI Is Harder Than You Think
It seems the culmination of artificial intelligence is making salon appointments. In the New York Times, Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis say today’s data-crunching model for AI not panning out.
ai
The Juvet Agenda
The Juvet Agenda lays out the urgent themes surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning—and presents a set of provocations for teasing out a future we want to live in.