36. AI & UX: Innovations, Challenges, and Impact

Published: Feb. 16, 2024, 3 p.m.

The surge of AI is currently changing the way we work and live. To avoid feeling left behind, it is important to engage with and understand these tools. This is true for UX designers just as much as almost everybody else. In this episode, we feature Henry Modisett from Perplexity AI and Kate Moran to get two insightful perspectives on the current state of AI and its connection to UX.\n\nLearn more about Henry Modisett\nLearn more about Kate Moran\n\nPerplexity.AI\n\nNN/g ARTICLES & TRAINING COURSES\n\nAI for UX: Getting Started (free article)\nAI & Machine Learning Will Change UX Research & Design (free video)\nAI Improves Employee Productivity by 66% (free article)\nAI-Powered Tools for UX Research: Issues and Limitations (free article)\nAI: First New UI Paradigm in 60 Years (free article)\nSycophancy in Generative-AI Chatbots (free article)\nInformation Foraging with Generative AI: A Study of 3 Chatbots (free article)\nThe ELIZA Effect: Why We Love AI (free article)\nPractical AI for UX Professionals (full-day/2 half-day UXC course)\n\n\nCHAPTERS\n0:00 Intro\n1:43 Perplexity AI: History & Value Proposition\n10:30 Perplexity AI: Next Steps & Future Developments\n15:04 Making AI User Friendly: Generative Interfaces\n24:33 Understanding AI as a Consumer Product\n28:28 Mental Models for AI\n30:41 An Outlook for AI\n35:51 NN/g\u2019s Role in the AI Movement\n37:34 Anthropomorphism of AI\n40:07 Dealing with the Fear of AI