The promise of generative AI technologies is seductive to product leaders: frictionless research in which...
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The promise of generative AI technologies is seductive to product leaders: frictionless research in which...
What is the nature of expertise and work? How are they redefined, practiced, and personified as waves of...
Behind every great research session is multiple hours and weeks spent recruiting, sharing...
A design executive who has led several multidisciplinary teams and organizations at global companies such as...
New deployments of foundational AI models in digital products have expanded public engagement with synthetic...
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....
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...
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...
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...
This paper explores how the design of everyday interactions with artificial intelligence in work systems relates to broader issues of interest to social scientists and ethicists: namely human well-being and social inequality. The paper uses experience designing human interactions with highly...