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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Supper Club × The Role Of UX Designers In Humanizing The Future with Travis Neilson

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, News, Technology

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Travis Neilson about his work at Google, YouTube music, and where AI is at now, and where it’s headed in the future. Show Notes 00:37 Welcome 00:55 Guest introduction Travis Neilson (@travisneilson) Travis Neilson dot com Travis Neilson on Skills Gap, Design, Focus and Working at Google — Syntax Podcast 142 Awwards Conference talk https://www.youtube.com/LittleMusicBoxes 06:29 Convos about AI 07:49 How do we keep humanity with AI? 15:42 Is this the printing press or is this putting everyone out of a job? 19:21 What is Google using AI for these days? 25:59 How do we keep human interface via AI? 31:18 What is the evolution of AI chat windows? 34:05 How do you nourish your AI with data? 39:59 Halluncinations in AI 47:46 What models are exciting to you? 52:01 We’re building the window for the next generation 54:55 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× The Age of Spiritual Machines The Singularity is Near The Shape of Design Shameless Plugs Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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0:00.0

I sure hope you're hungry!

0:02.4

Who I'm starving?

0:04.2

Wash those hands, pull up a chair, and secure that feedback.

0:08.1

Because it's time to listen to Scott Tolinsky and Wes Boss' attempt to use human language to converse with

0:14.2

and pick the brains of other developers.

0:16.8

I thought there was gonna be food.

0:18.7

So buckle up and grab that old f***ing handle.

0:21.7

Because this ride is going to get wild.

0:25.6

This is The Syntax Supper Club.

0:36.6

Welcome to The Syntax Supper Club.

0:39.6

Today we have an amazing one for you.

0:43.6

We have Travis Nielsen, who's here to talk to us about AI and UX and the role of UX designers in humanizing the future.

0:55.1

Which honestly Travis is an incredible tagline for a talk you're giving.

1:01.1

And just a little background about Travis here.

1:04.1

He has two decades of experience as a product and experience designer.

1:09.6

Travis is known for his thought leadership in creative health practices and design culture and technology.

1:15.6

His insights into enabling people to organize through designing and promoting human technologies

1:22.6

or as this humane technology is ignited in his past positions as a crisis response and events.

1:29.6

UX lead at Google search and host of the Google method design podcast currently available on Spotify Travis.

1:35.6

I just found that bio and I talked to air giving so I figured I would read it.

1:38.6

Welcome Travis Nielsen to Syntax.

1:40.6

That sounds like an AI wrote it.

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