As generative AI technology begins to touch more aspects of our work and lives, people increasingly wonder: “Can...
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Grounded Models: The Future of Sensemaking in a World of Generative AI
The promise of generative AI technologies is seductive to product leaders: frictionless research in which...
Reconfiguring Work in the Age of AI
What is the nature of expertise and work? How are they redefined, practiced, and personified as waves of...
Automate Yourself to Work on What You Love
Behind every great research session is multiple hours and weeks spent recruiting, sharing...
Pulp Friction: Creating Space for Cultural Context, Values, and the Quirkiness of Humanity in AI Engagement
A design executive who has led several multidisciplinary teams and organizations at global companies such as...
Foundational AI: Navigating a Shifting Terrain
New deployments of foundational AI models in digital products have expanded public engagement with synthetic...
The Ethnography of a ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ (DAO): De-mystifying Algorithmic Systems
This paper details ethnographic methods, experiences, and insights from an ethnographer and an industry engaged complex systems engineer in how to study resilience in blockchain-based DAOs as a novel field site....
Nangi Village: A Story of Collective Agency in the Mountains of Nepal
PechaKucha Presentation What can a remote Himalayan community teach us about innovation? Emelia's Silicon-Valley-first-world frame of reference is the dominant lens of her work. It's the place where we buy into technology's promise to help solve the world's problems. But it's also ground zero for...
Ethnography’s Role in Seeing the AI’s Blind Spots: Living amongst AI—Agency of the Household
PechaKucha Presentation Home automation has made big promises for utilizing intelligent technology to help the lives of everyday people, but the potential of the technology can only be as good as our understanding of the world we are trying to improve. In this PechaKucha, I share insights from my...
Boundary Crossings: Collaborative Robots and Human Workers
Agency and automation is explored through three case studies of the use of Cobots – collaborative robots – in three different auto production firms. The business challenges faced by these firms include labor shortages, quality control and reduction of waste. The Cobot solution resulted in...