Continuing All the things AI can do
All the things AI can do - Will Taylor at UX Brighton 2024
About this talk
There’s an old quote: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” And with AI, it can feel like every week brings a “decade’s worth” of new technologies and ideas.
As a UX researcher or designer, it’s hard to keep track of the AI technologies that we can add to our products. So this talk is a primer. It’s a visual, guided-tour of what’s available - what’s “on the menu” - to help you design amazing new experiences for users.
This talk aims to inspire you, help you discover new technologies, and steer your design and research with a clear understanding of what is practical and buildable. To future-proof yourself, you’ll also learn a practical system for staying on top of emerging AI technologies in your field and matching these technologies to your users’ needs.
Methods mentioned
Related reading
Papers and articles
- Computing Machinery and Intelligence02:32
- ELIZA06:43
- Intelligence without Representation14:37
- Globally Trained Handwritten Word Recognizer15:35
- Generative Adversarial Nets21:20
- Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models21:27
- Attention Is All You Need26:38
Concepts
- Decision trees03:41
- ELIZA effect08:22
- Deep learning19:33
- Convolutional neural networks20:06
- Recurrent neural networks20:43
People
Projects and resources
About Will
Will Taylor is a seasoned designer and engineer who has been designing and building startups for the last 12 years.
He is the founder of Workflow.design, an AI company for the creative industry. Workflow was voted among the top 1% of European startups by Focal ‘24 and has been nominated for multiple design and product awards from Awwwards.
Previously, he was the founder and principal designer at the startup Rota, which was acquired in 2022. Will holds a master’s degree in Theoretical Physics from the University of Oxford and, between startups, is a qualified mental health coach.
