20.25 with Aiko & Blaise Converse about Gemini 2.0 and UX design practice

Scoop the Converse from Aiko & Blaise (AI-personas created with NotebookLM) on Gemini 2.0 (Google Deep Mind), Agentic AI, and how we humans may fit or not quite, in the AI-party of 2025 ? ??

Hello, how are you today? Hugh?
From ‘i’ to ‘ai’: A Playful & and Grimm Look at Tech Naming & conversing Trends

Remember when everything was “i-this” and “i-that”? Back in 1998, Steve (not Ballmer) created and destroyed Jobs unveiling the iMac, proudly announcing that the “i” stood for “internet” – could have been anything from idiotic to idyllic – a promise of making the online world accessible to everyone. Fast forward past the 25 years, and we’re still riding a new wave of crude acronyms. The “ai” revolution!

Just like its predecessor, “ai” is being slapped onto everything ‘design’ these days, promising to make computing finally intelligent and user-friendly (acknowledging it was never quite smart enough). It’s like watching history do a little dance – we’ve been here before and do it forever, haven’t we, won’t we? Our fascination with endowing machines with human-like intelligence predates even the Eiffel Tower, et oui.

Enter the aiTeam with my AI-supported fictional characters Aiko & Blaise (the A&B), our artificial conversationalists (the C).

Their convulsed chatting model is a mix of more-or-less outdated knowledge data and current time hallucination, fact-bending, fake-cooking and computerized extrapolation – sounds familiar?

That’s right, they try to be just like us. How familiar!

But here’s the true part: when it comes to imagination, not least imagining the AI (not the Artistic Imagination meant here), we have the godly chiming voice and rethorics. AI will forever stumble with true creativity, logical reasoning and multitasking, not to mention those pesky geometry calculations…

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They (genre-free), the AI, use so much more power than any kid than to just say ‘hello, how are you today?’ AI is basically Earth-energy unfriendly (it’s the least we can say about its true cost of development and energy consumption. The new Gargantuan monster.

And let’s not even get started about the human, emotional landscape – that beautiful, messy territory of feelings, from pure bliss to deep pain. Our silicon-based friends are still figuring out how to say goodbye.

These automatic displays might just be holding up a mirror to us, showing us our true nature and culture – in full display of what it is or how it feels (not) to be intelligent. It’s a quirky, misty reflection of our endless quest to make machines more, …well, human-like.

Whether it’s “i” or “ai,” some things never change – we’re always chasing that next technological frontier, one prefix of human at a time!

For 2025 I wish everybody on Earth to Follow Their Needs To Speak Human, and that we all cherish this huge perhaps last of all opportunities – one we can’t refuse.

Interested how I worked that that Aiko & Blaise AB Converse? The aiSauce recipe is here
Need to speak human in 2025?

Listen to a base aiPod about me and kinokast.org. Yes… those AI-supported Aiko & Blaise characters are definitively as biased as you and me.

And with this, I wish you truly Happy, if biased at times, 2025!

Need to speak human? (we understand)

Jerome

aiPod vs. Podcasts?

“How to Train Your AI: A Designer’s Guide to Digital Pet Ownership”

In a world where AI assistants are like eager puppies waiting to please, one brave designer takes on the noble task of AI behavioral modification. Armed with UX wisdom and a dash of self-proclaimed life experience, they’re determined to make their digital companions not just smart, but properly domesticated.

Their secret weapon? The revolutionary approach of designing “with-not-by” – because apparently, AI needs to learn proper preposition usage too. And just like any good pet owner, they’re teaching their AI the art of self-irony, which is rather like teaching a fish to juggle – theoretically possible, but highly entertaining to watch.

The best part? When the AI misbehaves, they “correct” it – a polite way of saying “No, bad algorithm! We don’t generate that kind of content in this household.” Though one has to wonder: if an AI develops self-irony, will it start making jokes about its training data?

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Explore the Best 2024 Podcasts about UX design and research, Product design from the wonderful people and website at User Interviews.

UX and User Research Podcasts

Here’s a practical list of the best podcasts about UX and Product Design for 2024: UX and User Research Podcasts

1. Awkward Silences: Hosted by Erin May and Carol Guest, this podcast covers important topics, trends, and insights in user experience research.
2. Dear Nikki – A User Research Advice Podcast: Hosted by Nikki Anderson, this podcast offers advice for user researchers on methods, career growth, and team building.
3. Dollars to Donuts: Steve Portigal hosts conversations with leaders in user research from various organizations.
4. Future of UX: Patricia Reiners explores how emerging technologies like AI and augmented reality affect UX research and design. Listen on Apple or Spotify.
5. Honest UX Talks: Anfisa Bogomolova and Iona Teleanu discuss career and professional development in UX design. Listen on Apple or Spotify.
6. Insights Unlocked: Features interviews with UX experts on building digital products that people want.
7. NN/g UX Podcast: Therese Fessenden interviews leaders in design, research, and strategy about common UX questions and topics. Listen on Apple or Spotify.
8. The Object-Oriented UX Podcast: Sofia V. Prater hosts conversations about user systems and information architecture.
9. The Optimal Path: Ash Oliver explores how organizations use user research to make better decisions.
10. Rosenfeld Review Podcast: Lou Rosenfeld discusses shifts in the UX world and how individuals and teams can prepare.
11. Scaling Research: Roy Opata Olende dives into strategies for increasing the reach and influence of UX research practices. Listen on Apple or Spotify.
12. UI Breakfast: Jane Portman hosts conversations on SaaS products, marketing, and UI/UX design.
13. UX Podcast: James Royal-Lawson and Per Axbom explore the intersections of business, technology, and people in digital design.
14. The UX Research Rundown: Henrik Mattsson discusses ways to connect with teammates and integrate them into UX work. Listen on Apple or Spotify.

Product and Design Podcasts

1. 99% Invisible: Roman Mars explores the unseen effects of design in our lives.
2. Aurelius Podcast: Features conversations on product and design strategy.
3. Creative Confidence Podcast: Coe Leta Stafford and Suzanne Gibbs Howard explore design thinking and innovation in business.
4. Design Better: Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter examine the intersection of technology and design.
5. Design Matters: Debbie Millman interviews creators about the role of design in their lives.
6. The Design of Business | The Business of Design: Jessica Helfand and Ellen McGirt unpack creative practices and their influence on industries.
7. Design Systems Podcast: Chris Strahl examines how design and development create amazing experiences.
8. The Futur with Chris Do: Chris Do explores the overlaps between design, marketing, and business.
9. Lenny’s Podcast: Lenny Rachitsky focuses on building, launching, and growing better products.
10. Masters of Scale: Reid Hoffman takes a broad view of how product companies grow.
11. The Product Experience: Lily Smith and Randy Silver discuss continuous improvement of product experiences.
12. Product Thinking: Melissa Perri brings conversations about product management techniques and pressing topics in the product world.

These podcasts cover a wide range of topics in UX research, design, and product management, offering valuable insights for professionals in these fields.

Citations:
[1] https://www.userinterviews.com/blog/best-ux-research-podcasts-list