Design leader Emily Campbell discusses developing a pattern language for working with AI, importance of multidisciplinary approaches, visual and interactive patterns in AI technology, conversational design evolution, and empowering individuals to engage with data.
Designing AI with emergent pattern language for user empowerment.
Form-based interactions crucial for understanding AI processing methods and biases.
Deep dives
Exploring the Shape of AI
Emily Campbell introduces the Shape of AI project, aiming to find common patterns and languages for working with artificial intelligence. The project serves to make sense of complex AI technologies, highlighting patterns like interactive, informational, and dark patterns, focusing on surfacing emergent design elements in the AI space.
Form-Based Aspects of AI
Emily discusses form-based aspects of AI, emphasizing the need to understand how users interact with AI systems visually and functionally. By crafting prompts and exploring visual tokens, users can better grasp the machine's processing methods and biases, highlighting the importance of form-based interactions for effective communication with AI technologies.
Patterns and Information Architecture
The conversation delves into the relationship between patterns and information architecture in AI design. Emily explores how forms of interaction with AI systems—whether conversational or linear—affect user experiences, emphasizing the importance of standardized patterns and information cues in navigating complex AI-driven interfaces.
Empowering User Control in AI Design
The discussion transitions to the potential empowerment of individuals in the AI landscape, shaping interactions with data and systems to elevate user autonomy and understanding. Emily highlights the importance of establishing a common pattern language to empower users to shape AI interactions, fostering a user-centric approach amidst rapid AI advancements.
Emily Campbell is a design leader and advisor. She brings thoughtfulness and depth to producing business results through design and helping designers develop their careers as they fulfill that mission. Like me, Emily is deeply interested in AI. She’s developing an emergent pattern language for working with AI, and that is the subject of our conversation.