Four Things On The Design × AI Frontier

• The theme of “design” in the AI era is the opposite of the previous tech boom where we removed friction. Instead, be sure to *add* friction.
• Adding friction means making sure that AI users are reminded that they’re not getting perfect answers from a superior alien lifeform.
• As the most socially-conscious discipline within the product, engineering, design triangle, designers need to speak up on behalf of humanity.
• Because humans, like me, will do stupid things when they’re not constantly reminded to WAKE UP at the steering wheel with an AI copilot.

Three Things I’ve Noticed In AI over The Last 30 Days

• In the shadow of the GenAI movement are “embedding” models — which aren’t as cool as the completion or chat models.
• Excitement for generative AI has captivated our attention, because “finish my image” or “complete my essay” feels like magic.
• I’m seeing more innovations being couched in what embeding models do — instead of completion models. Interesting.

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