Sean Savage
@seansavage.com
Tailor of tools, teller of tales. Designer, leader, father.
5️⃣ Go-To AI Design Patterns: Move beyond basic prompt engineering. 🚀 Master the new classics – Mixed-Initiative Interaction, Accelerators, Verifiers & Galleries. They're crucial for building collaborative, useful and trustworthy AI experiences. #AIpatterns #UX #AIdesign
4️⃣ Prototyping AI? Tinker and user test. 🛠️ Effective AI design demands traditional user-focused testing AND hands-on technical experimentation (models, data, etc.). In the probabilistic AI realm, bridging these worlds is key. #UX #AI #Prototyping #ProductDesign
3️⃣ Synthetic User Research: AI simulating group interactions? 🤔 Yes! While still emerging, Stanford AI simulations can already model group dynamics, offering a new way to augment traditional user research, especially for collaborative products. #AI #UX #UserResearch #NetworkEffects
2️⃣ Human/AI Control: It's not a binary choice. 🎚️ Forget simple sliders. A 2-axis grid (Human Control vs. Automation) helps find the sweet spot for your specific audience and context. Think collaboration & smooth handoffs. #AIStrategy #ProductManagement
1️⃣ AI Agent Personality: Competence is complicated! 🤯 Stanford research showed **low-competence** social signals can sometimes boost adoption & usability. Don’t always try to be the smartest AI in the room. #HumanCenteredAI #Psychology #Agents
🚀 I spent 5 months & $5k in Stanford & MIT's latest AI product design classes. I distilled the top takeaways for #ProductDesign & #UX folks building AI. Check out the full article for all the details: medium.com/design-bootc... Thread with 5 highlights below 👇🧵 #AI #AIDesign
Top Stanford & MIT AI product design takeaways
The most useful lessons from the latest Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology AI product design courses.
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During the Musk/Trump era we should rename the US Dollar the Dunning-Krugerrand
New in @UXCollective: The Effort Paradox in AI Design When making things *too* easy can backfire. Why do IKEA customers value furniture they assemble themselves? And what does this tell us about designing AI products? medium.com/user-experie... #AIDesign #UX #ProductDesign
The effort paradox in AI design
Why making things too easy can backfire
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Mini revelation: That odd overall vibe that pervades AI-generated art... that thing that you cant quite put your finger on… It's the same vibe that Matthew Barney (Cremaster Cycle, etc.) work emanated decades ago. #ai #aiart youtu.be/6xWtS9HsP4U
Cremaster Cycle Trailer
YouTube video by Celluloiddreams
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New design fiction: "Black Mirror: Override" A cautionary tale exploring AI systems designed to resist authoritarian misuse. Exploring practical safeguards through speculative fiction. medium.com/p/73fdfaf6a3ba
Black Mirror: “Override”
Dystopian storytelling for humane AI design
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The little details make all the difference. I adore Claude for using an animated butthole-pucker to say, “I’m diligently working on something.” #ai #anthropic #optimism
A live look of the Threads vibe. Thank You for Not Discussing the Outside World. #simpsonsdidit /cc @mmasnick.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 3y agoDirect from Mosseri: they DON’T want to encourage politics and hard news posting on Threads, and the “scrutiny, negativity…or integrity risks that come along with them.”
“When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck.” – Paul Virilio
Classic usability blooper here: If you DON'T want to cancel, you need to tap "Cancel." Easily fixable though with less ambiguous labels. Like: [Yes, cancel draft] [No, keep draft] @support.bsky.team
The UX Research Reckoning is Here https://medium.com/onebigthought/the-ux-research-reckoning-is-here-c63710ea4084
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Yoda Botches Five Classic Jokes - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/yoda-botches-five-classic-jokes
Yoda Botches Five Classic Jokes
1. In love two melons are. Yet run off and marry they do not. Why? Because elope, they cannot. - - -2. On a seafood diet, I am. Food I see; eat it ...
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‘Star Wars’ Reimagined as a Quirky Wes Anderson Film https://laughingsquid.com/wes-anderson-star-wars/
'Star Wars' Reimagined as a Quirky Wes Anderson Film
Shelby and Caleb of Curious Refuge created a hilarious fan trailer reimagining the Star Wars franchise in the quirky style of Wes Anderson.
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