So you think art & design will remain sacred in a world of automation? Think again! AI is already being used as the creative force behind photo curation, website creation, and even to make Hollywood movie trailers. With developments moving full steam ahead, at our November 14 Pre-Work Talk, we want to stop and take a look at the current state of pioneering AI technologies, and the effect it will have on design processes & human judgement. Is AI set to become a true creative partner, a creativity killer, or will it replace designers all together!? events After his stand-out talk in Munich, we’re bringing our friend, Senior UX Designer Jan Korsanke, over to Berlin to shed light on the current state of AI-assisted design. He’ll be opening our eyes to the rapid pace of change, and how we can collaborate and empathize with our creative artificial counterparts.

1. THE RISE OF AI IN DESIGN
IXDS Pre-WorkTalk, 14. November, 2017
Are we losing creative control?
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2. Image: Quora

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4. What you read, if you’re on Amazon, is controlled by an AI.
What music you listen to, if you’re on Spotify, is controlled by an AI.
What movies you watch, if you’re on Netflix, is controlled by an AI.
What you see when you search the Internet, if you’re on Google, is controlled by an AI.
What you know about your friend’s lives, if you’re on Facebook, is controlled by an AI.

5. What you see, was designed by an AI?

6. THE NEXT 20 MINUTES…
Is AI becoming a true creative partner,
a creativity killer,
or will it replace designers all together!?

7. HI! I’M JAN!
SENIOR UX DUDE
EXB RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
@JANKORSANKE

8. SOME FUN FACTS

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10. The
Mother of
All Demos
Douglas Engelbart (1968)
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11. Smarter and
better
algorithms
Much more
data
More
computing
power
Image: retronaut.com

12. _BLANC
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13. Is AI becoming a true creative partner,
a creativity killer,
or will it replace designers all together!?

14. COMPUTATIONAL CREATIVITY
“create computations which
— if they were made by humans —
would be deemed creative”

15. Complexity
Effort
Rethink the
game
Apply new
stylesHands-on
labor
SORTS OF DESIGN TASKS

16. Rethink the
game
Apply new
stylesHands-on
labor
SORTS OF DESIGN TASKS
CRAZY
SHIT
SUPER
BORING
STUFF

17. Rethink the
game
Hands-on
labor
Generative CreationAssisted Creation
Apply new
styles

18. Assisted Creation
Humans have always used tools
to extend their capabilities.
Assistive AI is making creativity
more accessible, cheaper
and faster.

19. Image: Netflix

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24. Image: NetflixImage: Adobe Sensei

25. Image: melissastacey.ca

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27. Image: Google

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29. Assisted Creation
Helps us to get things done
faster and focus on other things.

30. Generative Creation
Enables designers to explore a
greater number of possibilities
from a different perspective.
Cost of creating diversity and
complexity is falling.

31. Image: Logojoy

32. Image: Prisma

33. Image: dezeen.com

34. ADVANTAGE OF AN AI:
ABILITY TO THINK DIFFERENT
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38. Generative Creation
Discover new perspectives
and possibilities on un-
known territory.

39. Assisted Creation
Helps us to get things done
faster and focus on other things.
Generative Creation
Discover new perspectives
and possibilities on un-
known territory.

40. Is AI becoming a true creative partner,
a creativity killer,
or will it replace designers all together!?

41. Image:Twitter

42. No two people ever really
have the same experience.

43. Image: louderthanten.com

45. Image: depositphotos.com

46. Image: frasier-and-nile

47. OUTSIDETHE
F***ING BOX.
LIFELONG LEARNING
AND EXPERIENCE
VS

48. _BLANC
Image:AP Photo/Lee Jin-ma

49. Is AI becoming a true creative partner,
a creativity killer,
or will it replace designers all together!?

50. Image: Nature

51. W
e
have
designed
our-
selvesinto
a
corner.

52. Image: louderthanten.com

53. IF WE DESIGN LIKE MACHINES
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54. THE MACHINES WILL TAKE OUR JOBS
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55. ©TravisGertz

56. Image: PULSION.AV; GestaltenVerlag

57. Image: RTL

58. WITH ALLTHE COOL NEWTOYS,
NEW CHALLENGES ARISE.
BUT…

59. DARK SIDE OF AI:
BIAS
Image: StarWars.com

60. BIAS BY DESIGN Image: autoevolution.com

61. Image: MITTechnology Review

62. The AI community itself has a homemade problem with this kind
of challenge, because most of them are still white, young and male.
Image: R.H. Fowler

63. SUMMARY
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64. Assistent and Generative Design.
AI can’t think outside the box.
Bias: Prevent sexism and racism by keeping your eyes open.
Don’t believe the hype - some ideas are from the 70ies.
AI is powerful at solving things differently.
Humans are unpredictable mushy bags of irrationality and emotion.
If we design like machines - machines will take our jobs.

65. WHAT ABOUT US?

66. I was a unicorn designer before the machines came.
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67. Image:WIRED

68. Understand how ML works and
getting technical knowledge.
To enable yourself to ideate
creatively yet practically.
#1

69. Image:Tensorflow

70. Image: Google

71. Focus on skills and capabilities
that AI has trouble replicating.
Understanding, motivating and
interacting with human beings.
#2

72. Continue to ask the
right questions and solve the
right problems.
#3

73. But they are useless.
They can only give
you answers.”
Pablo Picasso, on computers.
“
Image: Getty

74. This will free up our time to focus on
other things within design.
Step back from hands-on labor and let AI
do repetitive tasks and generate ideas.

75. It’s time to identifying these opportunities
to collaborate with technology.
Not against it, not afraid of it, but curious.

76. @JANKORSANKE
BEEP BEEP
THANKYOU!!!

77. Reading recommendations: