19. Authors of Sentient design: AI-powered self-aware experiences [Josh Clark & Veronika Kindred]

Sentient Design is the already-happening future of intelligent interfaces. Josh Clark & Veronika Kindred are here to discuss their upcoming book & vision of AI-powered experiences. In episode 19 the authors of the upcoming book, Sentient Design, tackle the biggest topics impacting product teams: ➤ The types of intelligent experiences that generative AI enables ➤ Moving beyond the chatbot: Where AI products go next ➤ Role of designers in shaping the next generation of digital products ➤ Type of relationship GenZ & Gen Alpha will have with AI ➤ Whether this is a period of optimism or skepticism

Josh Clark is the principal of Big Medium, a digital agency that helps complex organizations design for what’s next. 

Josh coined the term 'Sentient Design' to describe the already-here future of intelligent interfaces—AI-mediated experiences that seem almost self-aware in their response to user needs. Sentient Design describes the form of this new experience, as well as a framework and philosophy for applying it. Josh co-authored the book with Veronika Kindred, forthcoming book from Rosenfeld Media.

Josh is also author of several other books, including Designing for Touch (A Book Apart) and Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps (O’Reilly).  Veronika is the co-author of Sentient Design with Josh Clark  Veronika Kindred is a designer and researcher at digital agency Big Medium, where she defines and solves design problems alongside some of the world’s biggest companies.

Veronika graduated with high honors from New York University with a major in Politics and a minor in Data Science—a useful combination for navigating both organizational and technical design challenges. 

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This episode was hosted by: Arpy Dragffy Guerrero (Founder & Head of product strategy, PH1 Research) https://www.linkedin.com/in/adragffy/ Brittany Hobbs (VP Insights, Huge) https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyhobbs/

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