15 Posts in “A.I.”
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What is “Work” in an AI-Agent Economy?
I had a nagging itch to explore the future of work after listening to a bunch of podcasts focused on the changing AI landscape. To went into [Gemini](https://gemini.google.com), which I have been looking lately, to explore some ideas I have...
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A tool is a tool; The person wielding it has the power
I feel similar here. The A.I. tools have snuck into my workflow. Sometimes, they lead me exactly where I want to go. I extract what I need and move on. I use them for research, for proofs of concepts, and...
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A return to ornament for ornament’s sake
I’m wishy washy when it comes to ornament in design. I mean to say that I can appreciate both the craft of [William Morris](https://wmgallery.org.uk/collection/) as well as the restraint of the [Bauhaus school of design](https://www.bauhaus.de/en/research/collection/) — not that they are mutually...
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Hiring a design studio may become a status symbol
Like what is happening to the code engineering industry, the grunt work that helped new designer right out of college learn how to be part of a design studio — to see how the sausage was made and to even learn...
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Working with AI (not making AI work for you)
Whether I like AI or not, it is here. It is the team member that we all need to work with, whether or not we like its politics and general world view. Therefore, it is time for me to really...
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The AI discourse, or lack of
Why is there not a middle-ground when it comes to AI? Ai is either the worst thing in the world — burning our planet, making us all dumber, and sucking up all the venture cap money ever created (all true to...
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Thoughts on Thinking
I am feeling this statement and this article **hard**. > Developing a prompt is like scrolling Netflix, and reading the output is like watching a TV show. Intellectual rigor comes from the journey: the dead ends, the uncertainty, and the...
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Polymaths For the Win, or Generalists over Specialists
I have long been convinced that people who know a little bit about a lot of things are positioned to be more creative. The multiple perspectives and wide experience gives them much to draw from when crafting approaches to problems....
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The End of Programming as We Know It
[Tim O’Reilly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Reilly), founder of O’Reilly media, is someone to listen to. He popularized the term “open source” and ”Web 2.0” and has been in the industry for over 40 years. His observations about the changing landscape of programming and the...
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The Internet, what sustains it, and Future-thinking
Been thinking about the future of the web quite a bit lately. I am not a futurist, so it is difficult to see what is happening now and then project that into the future. While I can be an optimist...
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Who is the internet for?
I’ve been thinking along these same lines recently. Chris Butler put it well in a recent article: > People lived [in the internet] once, then AI moved in. But we’re still building a house for people. I think we might...
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Designing with AI: AI Playbook for Design Teams
## Quotes and takeaways As designers, we are always responsible for how we use our tools, and that is the same with AI. This was a year ago, and she talked about the way engineers are seeing efficiencies with CoPilot....
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Gentrified by design: Reflections on the role of algorithms in creative work.
## Quotes and takeaways “[A]lgorithm-based curation leads us to consume content that is less diverse and more generic. It also shapes the content we create, whether we fully acknowledge that or not.” “[C]ulture has become increasingly homogeneous” and the homogenity...
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Episode 120 — OpenAI Microsoft Drama, AI Jobs Impact, Sequoia’s New GenAI Market Analysis, NotebookLM updates, Adobe Max
## OpenAI and Microsoft Microsoft and OpenAI had an odd relationship. According to their contract, if the board of OpenAI declares they have achieved GenAI (which no one fully agrees on what it is), they can stop sharing their technology...
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The Internet is experiencing its awkward teen years
If the development of the internet was akin to the personal development of a child, we might be in the awkward teenage years right now. The 90s and early 00s were very toddler-like in ways, with new toys introduced and...