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Design & AI Symposium Spotlight on the Breakout sessions of Tuesday October 22, 2024 https://lnkd.in/e37rBQfR Evolving Perspectives on AI and Design  In this session, panelists will share their different perspectives on AI and its potential for design. They will discuss creative methods to ensure contestability, experiments that go beyond human capabilities, and explorations of technological architectures and aesthetics. The session will take us on a journey through design, philosophy, and ethics with short talks followed by a shared discussion. Talks by: Iohanna nicenboim, Kars Alfrink and Jesse Benjamin Interactive Session: AI and Education How will AI change our education practices? What do we need to doing? Are we afraid of the right things? What are the magical opportunities. This session is about surfacing the important questions, sharing ideas, hopes worries and thinking collectively about the potentials and pitfalls of AI and Education. Talks by: Janet Huang, Dave Murray-Rust and Simon Maris Introduction to Feminist Generative AI  In this interactive session, we’ll take you through some of the ideas around feminist generative AI - how can we develop GenAI with greater ethical integrity, tailored to benefit those with less societal privilege, and aligned with the values and needs of marginalised communities, using technology as a tool for empowerment and social justice. We will demonstrate that feminist principles help design better AI for everybody. Organised by: Francisca Grommé and Sara Colombo

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Explore more design options in less time with generative design: Generative design is turning the traditional design paradigm on its head. Conventional design methods rely on a "model then analyze" iterative cycle, but in generative design, the product designer first identifies the necessary design space and design goals. #siemensnx #nxcad #ugnx #nxreseller #coimbatore #bangalore #chennai #engineering #automotive #tech #cadcam #nxusers

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⚡ AI x Design Thinking⚡ Just before the holidays, I participated in this great workshop series from IDEO U and wanted to give a shout out. Solid intro on how AI/LLMs can be leveraged in brainstorming/ideation > data synthesis/generating insights > storyboarding/prototyping concepts and some of the limitations/pitfalls to watch for. Good overviews, demos, and interactive sessions + opportunity to connect with a large group of multi-disciplinary folks from around the world. Thanks IDEOU - keep them coming 💡 https://lnkd.in/g5BYDV7r

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Today on Design Better, we speak with Carissa Carter and Scott Doorley about their new book, Assembling Tomorrow, one of the The Stanford d.school's newest publications. Aarron Walter and I learn why they wrote the book, and how we might rethink our design processes in light of the rapid changes brought on by AI. We also discuss how we can shift our thinking from short-term gains to look at our moment in time from a broader perspective. Find the episode here (or wherever you get your pods) 🎧 https://lnkd.in/gxSnKrDG

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Design practitioners must intentionally embrace inclusivity, seeking to understand and design for a spectrum of lived experiences. Doing so provides the opportunity to foster equity, uplift, and mitigate bias. Thanks to Molly Bloom, PhD for illustrating these points in my Design Methodology class yesterday at Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at UC Berkeley. Students learned first-hand what it looks like to lead inclusive design research in a large organization, including how to advocate for the importance of the work, research methods, and landing impact. Want to learn more? Check out this great Practical Guide to Inclusive Research that Molly co-authored: https://lnkd.in/g2Psmyex #ux #accessibility #inclusivedesign

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The Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech recently released “Taking Responsibility in the Age of AI: The 2024 Institute of Design Report.” This report was informed by interviews with 29 design leaders, who identified five key challenges that other design leaders need to address for the field to remain relevant and effective. But how does a disruptive technology affect design leadership - and the design capabilities that activate value? The program also hosted an online discussion facilitated by Mark Jones with senior design leaders Kevin Bethune, Founder & Chief Creative Officer of dreams • design + life, Katrina Alcorn of Accenture Song, and Robert Fabricant, Co-Founder and Partner of Dalberg Design. Come with me to a discussion about the recent Writers Guild of America strike attempts to move to design up the macroeconomic ladder, the "Figmaization" of design activities, and seven critical skills for emerging design leaders to prepare at the executive table and manage their design team capabilities that benefit from AI integrations. A conundrum of uncertainty : Designers taking responsibility in the age of AI https://lnkd.in/gciDJie2 Thank you, Matt Mayfield, Chris Bernard, and Natasha Kallish, for reviewing this article and your constructive comments. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Reading Time : 30 minutes Level of Difficulty: Moderate #designleadership, #iitdesign, #artiicialintelligence

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JUST LAUNCHED | Introduction to Socially Engaged Design Learn about the Socially Engaged Design framework created by U-M experts Shanna Daly, Charlie Michaels, Kathleen Sienko, and Steven Skerlos. This framework strengthens the connection between an engineer's design work and its impact on individuals, societies, and the environment. Don't stop there. 👉 view the catalog of online offerings here > online.umich.edu #EquityAnalysis #HumanCenteredDesign #ProductDesign #DesignModelComprehension #Ideation #engineering #engineer #engineeringdesign #Michiganonline

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Enjoying an interesting course on Generative AI for designers from Rhode Island School of Design by kelin carolyn zhang. The instructor made a brilliant comparison: GenAI is making software as moldable as plastic, putting the power of programming into designers' hands. For those interested, they've released all course materials and assignments (with videos dropping soon). The first project is fascinating - you'll reimagine the concept of clock and make and use Claude Artifacts to build it and deploy it as a live website. #GenerativeAI #DesignEducation #RISD #AIDesign https://lnkd.in/gZbw_ecU

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Products like Recraft are like the Perplexity for creating images with #GenAI. They are leaning into the benefits of going beyond a conversational prompt-based interface ONLY and integrating traditional, familiar GUI-based workflows with prompts to provide outcomes that creative people seek. In this example, they've notably improved the experience of creating multiple #images in a consistent style using #AI. In addition, they seem to be among the few (only one?) offering SVG export, making them a great option for #illustration. https://lnkd.in/eiGPqbKU

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I have been thinking about the implications of GenerativeAI on Design for a while and after being at ArtCenter College of Design for the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) Symposium: Teaching for Tomorrow: Redesigning the Future where I gave a talk on GenAI in UX / UI design courses as well as sat in on several fascinating sessions about the use of AI in the design process. Conversations and inspiration from Dimitris C. Papadopoulos and Derek Wood and others helped push this article out the door. Please check out this article I published with UX Collective on AI and Speed and how Tech’s obsession with speed has the potential to strip quality and craft in Design. Visual Electric and NEX were used in the GenAI samples. Please share with our friends, colleagues, and students and join the conversation. #ux #design #GenAi #productdesign #AI #tech #uxdesign

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Check out this awesome article written by Jess Sattell, Lynn Hao, and Angelie Herreria- Tagle with help from Sue G. on lessons learned from bringing Spectrum 2 from idea to reality.

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Every few years Silicon Valley goes through a hype cycle where some technology X is supposed to change the world. Almost every time what the pundits claim will happen rarely does. Most of the time the world is fundamentally changed but the pace of change is much slower than expected. This time around with GenAI though the world IS actually changing and it is changing so fast that if you are not paying attention you are going to be left far behind your competitors. This is why as a company we have decided to go through a fundamental transformation from a purely people led organization to an AI enabled one that is each and everything our talented team is capable of building we are seeing if GenAI can do instead or help us do better. The series below is about how we are transforming our Games services business. We will be sharing how our other studios are doing in additional series in the future

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I appreciate the rise of “slop” to refer to AI-generated nonsense, but I much prefer H.G. Frankfurt’s definition of “bullshit.” “Slop” is an attribute of a thing, but “bullshit” points back at the creator of the slop, and that they don’t care about the truth value of the slop at all, only its effect. Let’s not shift language to let bullshitters off the hook. They are the problem more than the output. (Yeah, “slop” is more acceptable in corporate language, so if you must, you must.)

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I always enjoy reconnecting with old colleagues, especially when it provides an opportunity to reflect on a really fun project that generated some novel insights. For this particular reunion, I sat down with Ar Ducao from Multimer and Alexander Dunham, AIA, NCARB from HLW Ark Strategic Consulting to record a podcast and discuss a cool research study we did in 2019-2020. For this study we used biometric data captured from wearable EEG and heart rate sensors to measure how the same people experience their workspace – first, in an existing office, and then again after relocating to new space. Our study revealed how design updates that introduce hospitality and social features to the workplace have a calming effect, which can be detected by comparing the body’s physiological responses to the before and after layouts. We then discussed the wider opportunities and challenges of using biometric data for assessing workplace design. The conversation gave me the chance to reflect on the state of sensor technology and the opportunities for the broader study of human fit with the built environment. The results of our study went before peer review and were published in the journal Intelligent Buildings International. #WorkplaceResearch #WorkplaceAnalytics #WorkplaceDesign #EvidenceBasedDesign #SmartBuildings #DesignInnovation #PostOccupancyEvaluation https://lnkd.in/e7acprPp https://lnkd.in/eHHfUr2J

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AI is set to redefine compassion in healthcare. As someone who has devoted over two decades to experience design and patient-centric innovations, I’m excited to share how “empathy engines” could transform our healthcare experiences. In my latest article, I delve into the potential of AI to not only respond to but anticipate our health needs with a sensitivity that might soon rival human care. Intrigued? Join me as I explore this fascinating frontier and share why I believe we’re on the cusp of a major breakthrough in how we interact with healthcare technology. #AI #EmpathyEngines #HealthcareInnovation #FutureOfHealthcare #PatientCentric    https://bit.ly/4bpySTc

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Eric J. Cesal on design education: "If generative AI speeds up the process of visualizing and producing designs by a factor of 10, it would be a great tragedy to allow students to use all that increased productivity to indulge their instincts towards all-nighters and self-neglect. Despite the efforts of many design educators to curb these instincts, the culture of self-neglect and exhaustion in design school has proven to be a persistent and difficult problem to solve." https://lnkd.in/eD5NftkV

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Resistance, recovery, reflection, and reimagination. Tara Hedayat-Zadeh, Design Researcher at THRIVE, explored these bold themes at the Design Research Society's conference in Boston. From centering care in tech to building trust and accountability, her insights shed light on the future of design research. Discover her key takeaways here: https://hubs.ly/Q02_sFYR0 #DesignResearch #Innovation #thrivethinking

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AI Literacy - the best summary I've seen! Jennifer Stojkovic and Daniel Dominguez Figaredo. This report speaks to tech and non-tech readers about a critical topic many have been slow to acknowledge - the awareness levels of AI by ordinary people. "This paper discusses the characteristics of the “stakeholders first” approach, a framework based on the design of educational initiatives in the area of responsible AI, to address two limitations identified in the literature on AI literacy projects: (1) an emphasis on K-12 students, and the lack of responsible AI offerings for citizens and university students; and (2) an emphasis on the technical components of algorithmic systems and the lack of attention to the social implications of AI." I had the pleasure of working with Julia on an AI WEF report, and I am not surprised she took the time to write about this critical topic. Thank you, Julia. AIandYou #ailiteracy #aieducation #responsibleai #aigovernance https://lnkd.in/gWHQ_KG4 Julia Stoyanovich

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