Author and UX Legend Greg Nudelman was one of the original guests on In Conversation with UX Magazine over eight years ago. He returns for a rich conversation about the frenzied intersection of UX and AI. Greg has honed his craft as a design lead at GE Digital, Cisco, and eBay and has worked with organizations like IBM, Oracle, Associated Press, and Intuit. He's currently a Distinguished Designer at Sumo and has written numerous books including The $1 Prototype and Designing Search. He joins Robb and Josh to discuss ways that we can iterate faster and further in the age of AI.

As a co-author of the often cited (and debated) Stochastic Parrots paper from 2021, Emily M. Bender is a staunch critic of large language models (LLMs). Having worked in computational linguistics for more than 20 years, Emily's deep understanding of LLM mechanics has her questioning many of the emerging use cases we see in the world. Also, Emily hosts Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, where, alongside sociologist Dr. Alex Hanna, she breaks down the AI hype, separates fact from fiction, and distinguishes science from bloviation. She joins Robb and Josh for a provocative exploration of generative AI on an important episode of Invisible Machines.

Co-founder of VR technology as we know it Jaron Lanier is also an accomplished musician and artist. As the Prime Unifying Scientist at Microsoft, Jaron rejects the deceptive nature of terms like "AGI" and "decentralization" in favor of a vision of technology that's all about people collaborating with other people. Join Robb and Josh for an episode of Invisible Machines that questions everything.

Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor of Economics at MIT and co-author of Power and Progress joins Robb and Josh for a deep exploration of the intersection of technology and economics. Daron's work has explored our thousand-year struggle with technology and prosperity and this conversation touches on how we might incentivize the changes that will improve our experiences as a species. There are layers of centralization that we need to think about in the wake of generative AI, and the trio discusses the ways we can challenge the norms associated with our personal data.

Gloria Mark, Author of Attention Span, discusses how AI can enhance our attention spans and balance our psychological well-being in the digital age. Topics include preventing burnout, incorporating 'road activities' for productivity, designing future pages in scrapbooking for stress management, and creating optimal daily schedules with Conversational AI.

Lisa Feldman Barrett, a renowned psychologist, discusses the link between brain development and AI models. They explore the brain's predictive power, metabolic efficiency, and the evolution of prediction machines. The podcast also touches on creativity, communication in politics, and the challenges of sentiment analysis using AI.

RJ Owen, Principal Product Designer at Slack, joins the hosts to discuss decision management and the future of productivity. They explore the use of AI in collaboration platforms, frustrations with navigation apps, creating interesting moments in content, the potential of messaging platforms as operating systems, and the challenges of dominant messaging apps and micro UIs.

Sarah Gibbons, VP of NN/g, discusses anthropomorphism and generative AI. Kate Moran, VP of Research and Content, delves into interaction design and digital content. The podcast explores the role of AI in UX, convergence of tools, user control in AI and self-driving tech, emotional attachments to computers, employee-customer-shareholder alignment, self-driving cars, design education reform, the impact of company culture, AI in user research, and the transition to new UIs.

As the co-founder of Kayak and GetHuman, Paul English has deep insight into the ways technology can bring people closer to what they're actually looking for. Robb and Josh welcome Paul for an exploration of the ways that conversational AI can become the thin UI layer that obscures all of the messy technology cluttering our lives. Having recently co-founded the Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute at UMass Boston, Paul brings his thinking on how generative AI fits into our technology tapestry to a practical conversation about our changing relationship with machines.

Richard Saul Wurman, creator of TED, discusses the LATCH system for organizing information. The conversation delves into generating mental clarity, societal attitudes towards bodily functions, the significance of first names, effective communication, organizing information, the role of AI in mapping, and idea ownership.