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bostonreview.net

The AI we deserve

Critiques of artificial intelligence abound. Where’s the utopian vision for what it could be?

vercel.com

The rise of the AI crawler

How ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI crawlers process web content, including JavaScript rendering, assets, and other behavior and patterns.

erikgahner.dk

AI will be dead in five years

There is this joke that people do statistics in R, machine learning in Python, and AI in PowerPoint. (I did not say it is a funny joke.)

blog.google

Whisk: remix ideas using images and AI

Whisk is a new Google Labs experiment that lets you prompt using images for a fast and fun creative process.

jarango.com

The resurgence of plain text in the age of AI

Reflections on the advantages of plain text and why it matters when working with LLMs.

dive.club

UI Patterns for generative AI

Types of UI that will be relevant moving forward.

archetypeai.io

Power of metaphors in human-AI interaction

This new type of interaction is radically changing our relationship with technology and the role it plays in our lives.

aeon.co

When AI summaries replace hyperlinks

In creating anonymous summaries, AI flattens out all the fascinating architecture of thought that makes the internet hum.

motion-prompting.github.io

Motion prompting

A video model conditioned on any motion.

hidde.blog

Turn off AI features by default (to reduce their climate impact)

If users don’t use a future that requires a lot of energy and water, that’s wasteful. Making such features opt-in is the right thing to do.

strangeloopcanon.com

When we become cogs

On motivation and technology.

lakera.ai

The beginner’s guide to visual prompt injections

Learn about visual prompt injections, their appearance, and top defense strategies against these attacks.

uxdesign.cc

AI + Hermes (speed) worship

Tech’s obsession with speed and how it has the potential to strip quality and craft in Design.

x.com

Designing an agent that designs

Transcript of a talk I gave last week, on turning our AI coding agent into a designer.

recraft.ai

Recraft: an infinite AI artboard

Premium image generation and editing tool. Store and share your own styles, create, fine-tune, upscale, and perfect your visuals.

carly.substack.com

Who will train tomorrow’s designers?

On mentorship, AI, and the uncertain future of entry-level design roles.

rafaelquintanilha.com

Are AI assistants making us worse programmers?

Perspectives on the rise of AI in programming and its effects on productivity.

graphgame.sabrina.dev

Graph Game

The best way to test your understanding of neural networks!

bigmedium.com

Sentient Design: AI and the Next Chapter of UX

Josh Clark introduces Sentient Design, the already-here future of intelligent interfaces and AI-mediated experiences.

nathanbeck.eu

Tooling and feeling

On our relationship to the tools that shape us, how machine intelligence understands, and the value in the human capacity for feeling.