Technology

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson|Analysis

Dancing with AI: how next-gen game designers are taking the lead

John Maeda|Books

Should we teach AI to reflect human values, emotions, and intentions?

In this new preface to How to Speak Machine, John Maeda revisits a decade of technological transformation, from invisible computing to the rise of generative AI, and what it means to teach machines to speak human.

Rachel Paese|Design Juice

Sound designer Eddie Gandelman on composing a quieter future

As our everyday, man-made products compete to be the most earsplitting, this sonic experience designer is trading in the “needle pricks” for spatial reverb, wood tapping, and bird song.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Books

Hello Human

A review of Michael Horsham’s Hello Human: A History of Visual Communication, out now from Thames & Hudson.

Brian Collins|Commentary

Resilient Futures: The Transformation

Laura Scherling|Essays

Imagery Made by a Designer or Artist, with Artificial Intelligence

As an avalanche of AI-assisted imagery has taken over social media feeds and has served as a starting point for further research, this has been followed variously by awe and dismay.