Geoffrey Litt is a design engineer at Notion working on malleable software: computing environments where anyone can adapt their software to meet their needs and their lives. Before joining Notion, he was a researcher at the independent lab, Ink & Switch, where he explored the future of computing. He did his PhD at MIT on programming interfaces. Most of his work circles around a very simple but powerful question: how can everyday people shape the software they use like clay so that humans can have more power and agency in the world?
In this conversation, Geoffrey and Kanjun discuss:
- Technical, economic, and infrastructural barriers to malleable software
- Inventing new UI components for the AI age
- Principles for agent-human collaboration
- How AI affects the creative process
- ...and more!
Full transcript: https://imbueai.substack.com/p/geoffrey-litt
Generally Intelligent is a podcast by Imbue, an independent research company developing a better way to build personal software. Our mission is to empower humans in the age of AI by creating powerful computing tools controlled by individuals.
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