by Mariya | Apr 5, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Design, Diversity, Enterprise, Leadership
Bigoted AI systems rightly deserve the universal flak they get. But there’s a problem: we might still be screwed even if AI is neutral. Unless artificial intelligence has the “right” biases, AI and people won’t coexist very well. Unless purposely wired to...
by Mariya | Aug 31, 2017 | Culture, Design, Diversity, Leadership
The trope “there’s an app for that” is quickly becoming “there’s an AI for that.” Want to assess the narrative quality of a story? Disney’s got an AI for that. Got a shortage of doctors but still need to treat patients? IBM Watson prescribes the same treatment plan as...
by Mariya | Apr 28, 2017 | Culture, Diversity, Leadership
When Timnit Gebru attended a prestigious AI research conference last year, she counted 6 black people in the audience out of an estimated 8,500. And only one black woman: herself. As a PhD candidate at Stanford University who has published a number of notable papers...
by Mariya | Aug 13, 2015 | Culture, Design
Product management and product design have a significant amount of functional overlap. Both roles require a deep connection and understanding of the target user and the ability to ideate and champion product visions. In high functioning teams, the common goals and...
by Mariya | Jun 16, 2015 | Culture, Design, Leadership
Maintaining a design-oriented culture and practice is a challenge for all companies, even those started by designer founders who actively fight to preserve a strong design ethos as their companies grow. Executive choices such as design team structure,...
by Mariya | Jun 16, 2015 | Culture, Design, Leadership
“We were craftsmen and our tools were code. Design was not something we thought we should do, we just did it” — Tristan O’Tierney, Co-Founder of Square Square is a mobile payments company best known for the iconic Square Card Reader, a beautiful white mobile credit...
