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Recent history gives us a powerful and definitive reason for hope

Article by Alberto Romero
Why AI Can’t Make Human Creativity Obsolete
  • The article explores the paradox of AI-driven obsolescence of human creativity.
  • It discusses why the fear that AI will make human creativity obsolete is unfounded, highlighting that humans inherently prefer human creations, imperfections and all, over AI-generated perfection.
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Why AI Can't Make Human Creativity Obsolete

The evolution of notification strategies in digital apps.

Article by Pourav Raj
The Power of Thoughtful Notifications in Apps: Less is More!
  • The article explores the evolution of notification strategies in digital apps, focusing on industry leaders like Meta (formerly Facebook) and their shift toward sending fewer, more relevant notifications.
  • The author underlines the significance of striking a balance in notification design and creating personalized, user-centric app experiences.
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The Power of Thoughtful Notifications in Apps: Less is More!

Empathy. It’s critical that we use empathy in all of our design and innovation work to provide true value to people in order to make their lives better.

Article by Rich Nadworny
Empathy Porn. And How To Avoid It.
  • Empathy is a critical tool for designers and innovators to create positive change in people’s lives when used productively, not self-indulgently.
  • Many organizations engage in “empathy porn,” in which they use empathy solely for their own self-fulfillment, which leads to gathering useless insights that sit unused on a digital shelf.
  • The ultimate goal of empathy in design and innovation should be to take action to improve people’s experiences and lead to the creation of something new that provides value to others.
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Can artificial intelligence help people be more supportive of each other in online conversations?

Article by Marlynn Wei
Can Human-AI Collaboration Enhance Empathy?
  • The author analyzes the recent study on the opportunity for open-ended, social, creative empathic discussions to benefit from feedback-driven, AI-in-the-loop writing systems.
  • Due to AI systems’ difficulty in comprehending complex human emotions and the open-ended nature of these jobs, such human-AI collaboration poses difficulties for more difficult, creative tasks, like carrying out empathetic discussions.
  • The author names a number of design opportunities and challenges when it comes to developing AI systems that support empathy.
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If it looks like a duck…

Article by Daniel Godoy
Conscious AI models?
  • The author uncovers what LaMDA and consciousness are, and how they correlate.
  • While exploring conscious AI models, there are a few things that need to be considered:
    • Conscious Access
    • Reflexive Processing
    • The Question of Reporting
    • Autonomy
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Conscious AI models?

There seems to be a pervasive idea that using systems to help your work will lead to everything being a homogenous, grey, functional, meh experience. But delight is important! So, how can we design our processes to make sure that delight is a key part in what makes your MVPs ‘viable’?

Article by Luke Murphy
Building Delight in Your Design System
  • The author shares the edited version of the talk about design systems that he delivered to Design Matters in Copenhagen in September, 2022.
  • The author separates and explains the difference between “Deep Delight vs Surface Delight” in design based on the user experience of McDonalds.
  • The author explains the way the Kano model works (Noriaki Kano developed the Kano model back in the 80s that shows that customer loyalty is connected to our emotional responses to product features.
  • There are 5 types of delight according to Microsoft’s categorizations:
    • Playful experiences
    • Attractive experiences
    • Natural experiences
    • Personal experiences
    • Empowered experiences
  • The author gives tips on how to build delight into your system and how to make that delight repeatable by measuring it and not forgetting your (internal) users.
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Building Delight in Your Design System

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