{"product_id":"designing-assistant-technology-9781959029601","title":"Designing Assistant Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen artificial intelligence is designed poorly, it diminishes people's skills rather than enhancing them. It can even make users less capable and more dependent on AI. In \u003cem\u003eDesigning Assistant Technology\u003c\/em\u003e, Christopher Noessel provides a framework for how to use AI to assist users, as well as mitigating the risks of de-skilling and overreliance on AI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho Should Read This Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was written with four audiences in mind: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eProduct owners and technology strategists who want to ensure that the software they offer is doing everything it can for users and their organizations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInteraction designers, user experience professionals, educators, and students who will build and inform the direct experiences with these systems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuturists and tech sector pundits who might want to understand that AI is only as dark as they let it become.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEveryone else because part of the responsibility of being a citizen is building literacy in the major forces at play, what biases those forces have, and what needs to be done to combat negative effects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTakeaways \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll learn to: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the conceptual difference between an agent and an assistant.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBetter understand your business's challenges and how AI can help.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncorporate the book's framework into an existing design process.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe-risk how assistants are introduced to a workflow.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn design patterns to mitigate the risks of assistants.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRely on AI assistants just enough, but not too much.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoessel, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christopher Noessel has shaped interaction design for over 30 years, designing products and services across diverse domains. Back in the dot-com days, he directed information design at marchFIRST, establishing their interaction design Center of Excellence. As a founding graduate of Italy's legendary Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, his thesis project, Fresh--a service design for lifelong learners--was presented at London's MLearn conference in 2003. He's since visualized counterterrorism futures, prototyped forthcoming technologies for Microsoft, and designed telehealth devices. After leaving Microsoft, he joined a boutique San Francisco agency for a decade, where he led the \"generator\" practice and became their first Design Fellow. At IBM as a Design Principal, he ran the worldwide Design for AI guild, as well as a team on the guild. He also developed core AI training for designers and delivered global workshops. \u003cp\u003eChristopher's publications include \u003ci\u003eMake It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2012, with Nathan Shedroff); the 4th Edition of \u003ci\u003eAbout Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design \u003c\/i\u003e(2014); \u003ci\u003ePair Design\u003c\/i\u003e (2016, with Gretchen Anderson); and \u003ci\u003eDesigning Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). He maintains scifiinterfaces.com and occasionally posts to Medium and LinkedIn as the mood strikes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was one half of the world's first AI-married couple in 2018. His family have what they believe to be the first AI-designed winter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eholiday sweaters. They are awesome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis published science fiction includes \"Oddments, Pasha's Autodiary of 07 MAR 2032\" (Escape Pod, 2021)--about a drag queen's encounter with a reclusive artist--and \"On the Eve of the Cumberland Incursion\" (Dark Matter Magazine, 2021), depicting a tortured drone behind enemy lines. He has more short stories that no one wants to publish.: ) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsk him about his forthcoming books on generative randomness and designing technology for animals and what each might mean in a world of AI.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rosenfeld Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52179978158354,"sku":"9781959029601","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2959d2d3-fb6d-48af-8954-3869053d56c5.jpg?v=1775641776","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/designing-assistant-technology-9781959029601","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}