This is stellar, Tobi. I’m going to earmark it because I actually just requested to lead my design studio’s AI ethics and governance movement so I could help set some ground rules around how we use AI at work. There’s so much that can help us, but just as much can harm. I find it thrilling, however, to be on the forefront of this Humanist philosophy, especially as a GenXer!
ooooh please let us know how this work evolves. have you read any books/essays that guiding how you feel about that stuff?
i'm particularly interested in how creatives feel around incorporating AI. i know there's a lot of strong feelings, especially when it comes to visual art, around issues like copyright (rightly so) so please lmk what you find :)
Here are a list of questions I have for my team to establish a baseline gut check. From there, I think Substack is a great place to mine for general populace strategies/experiments so I’ll def let you know if I find some stand out writers who are just as eager to figure this out!
Where is it helping process efficiency vs degrading or atrophying our skills? Where does it look sloppy vs elevating our base design? Do we tell one another what AI we used during reviews so that we can have human checkpoints to review them? How transparent are we with clients and should we ask them about their ethics so we don’t unintentionally violate their own?
“We’re not breaking the internet, it was already broken to begin with”
So many excuses like this from founders. Throwing their hands up about any harm they cause because everyone else is doing it too.
I've often heard "What we really need are new laws to curb this. Until then, I'm going to keep exploiting it" -- we need more empathy from people with influence.
yeah exactly, and many of the same people argue that laws are too restrictive. i don't understand why both can't happen in a reasonable manner. we can build more aspirational AI products while waiting for the law to catch up (if it ever does lol)
the shift you describe is exactly why structure matters.
once these tools become confidants and coworkers, not just Q&A bots, you need clear roles, guardrails, and context or they drift fast.
the importance lies on how deliberately it is set up.
i'm curious, how do you feel about these tools becoming confidants and coworkers?
This article come at the perfect time. Your reflection on AI's real-world implications is vital.
This is stellar, Tobi. I’m going to earmark it because I actually just requested to lead my design studio’s AI ethics and governance movement so I could help set some ground rules around how we use AI at work. There’s so much that can help us, but just as much can harm. I find it thrilling, however, to be on the forefront of this Humanist philosophy, especially as a GenXer!
ooooh please let us know how this work evolves. have you read any books/essays that guiding how you feel about that stuff?
i'm particularly interested in how creatives feel around incorporating AI. i know there's a lot of strong feelings, especially when it comes to visual art, around issues like copyright (rightly so) so please lmk what you find :)
Here are a list of questions I have for my team to establish a baseline gut check. From there, I think Substack is a great place to mine for general populace strategies/experiments so I’ll def let you know if I find some stand out writers who are just as eager to figure this out!
Where is it helping process efficiency vs degrading or atrophying our skills? Where does it look sloppy vs elevating our base design? Do we tell one another what AI we used during reviews so that we can have human checkpoints to review them? How transparent are we with clients and should we ask them about their ethics so we don’t unintentionally violate their own?
“We’re not breaking the internet, it was already broken to begin with”
So many excuses like this from founders. Throwing their hands up about any harm they cause because everyone else is doing it too.
I've often heard "What we really need are new laws to curb this. Until then, I'm going to keep exploiting it" -- we need more empathy from people with influence.
yeah exactly, and many of the same people argue that laws are too restrictive. i don't understand why both can't happen in a reasonable manner. we can build more aspirational AI products while waiting for the law to catch up (if it ever does lol)