This week we are leaning into multiple metaphors: AI as a mirror, UX design as a window or room, and life as information. Plus: read about Michael Levin's upcoming presentation at the Imagining Summit, Helen's Book of the Week, and our upcoming events.
It’s easy to fall prey to the design illusion that because LLMs look sleek, they must be well-designed. But aesthetics alone do not equal design. As Steve Jobs once said, “Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works.”
It’s curious that these two papers, tackling such similar ideas, came out at the same time. Is this coincidence, or does it tell us something about where the study of life and intelligence is heading?
This workshop exemplified the potential of innovative thinking tools like metaphors and system understanding in tackling complex problems. By enabling the participants to look at their challenge from a fresh perspective, it paved the way for unique, adaptable solutions.
How to keep your generative AI content on brand: an interview with Rob May of Brandguard.
A research review of The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality by Andy Clark.
Experiential Workshop: Leveraging Generative AI for Marketing and Branding at a Global Bank. The workshop was a vibrant fusion of intellectual exploration and creative discovery.
An introduction to our obsession: Mind for our Minds, our thesis for designing AI.
Artificiality Co-founders, Helen and Dave Edwards, gave a presentation at the House of Beautiful Business titled: Are We Too Obsessed with Intelligence?
Artificiality Co-founders, Helen and Dave Edwards, gave a presentation at the Starbucks Innovation Expo on Governing AI.
An interview wth C. Thi Nguyen about metrification, large scale metrics, about objectivity and judgment, about how this quantification removes the nuance, contextual sensitivity, and variability to make these measurements legible to the state.
An interview with Harpreet Sareen about Cyborg Botany and the intersection of the digital and material worlds.
An interview with Arvind Jain about Glean, enterprise serach, and generative AI.
An interview with Lucas Egger about generative AI from his point of view at SAP
An interview with Katie Davis about her book Technology's Child
The Artificiality Weekend Briefing: About AI, Not Written by AI
