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Rebecca Ackermann Apr 9, 2023

I wrote about how the AI craze is more of a cultural question than a technical one & what it says about the value of art today https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-04-09/chatgpt-jobs-ai-writers-artists

Opinion: Do ChatGPT and other AI models really threaten our jobs?

The panic over products from OpenAI and other companies says more about our cultural moment than about the tech itself.

Los Angeles Times

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Rebecca Ackermann Feb 15, 2023

@justin thnks! So glad it resonated.

Rebecca Ackermann Feb 15, 2023

J. Nathan Matias 🦣Feb 15, 2023

“The infusion of optimism—whether it comes in the guise of some of these techniques that are a little bit shady or not—is really valuable”

Complicated real-talk from @cydharrell in this wonderfully in-depth look at the shallow legacy of Design Thinking by @rebackermann

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/09/1067821/design-thinking-retrospective-what-went-wrong/

Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?

An approach that promised to democratize design may have done the opposite.

MIT Technology Review

Rebecca Ackermann Feb 15, 2023

What happens when empathy fails to fix the world? 🤔 I wrote about how Design Thinking practices are evolving today for MIT Tech Review. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/09/1067821/design-thinking-retrospective-what-went-wrong/

Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?

An approach that promised to democratize design may have done the opposite.

MIT Technology Review

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Rebecca Ackermann Feb 15, 2023

@natematias @cydharrell thanks for reading & sharing!

Rebecca Ackermann Feb 10, 2023

@christa @cydharrell thanks & thanks so much for reading!

Rebecca Ackermann Feb 10, 2023

Cyd Harrell Feb 10, 2023

I'm quoted in this @rebackermann piece on the problems of "design thinking" in the #MITTechReview - there are more great perspectives in here as well, check it out! https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/09/1067821/design-thinking-retrospective-what-went-wrong/

Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong?

An approach that promised to democratize design may have done the opposite.

MIT Technology Review

Rebecca Ackermann Feb 3, 2023

Excuse me, Brooklyn coffee shop, if I wanted to overhear a dumb convo about enterprise AI I would’ve stayed in SF.

Rebecca Ackermann Jan 15, 2023

Poppy Alexander Jan 15, 2023

With @rebackermann, wrote about crypto & regulation & fraudsters & money laundering & whistleblowers https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-01-15/crypto-ftx-bitcoin-coinbase

Op-Ed: Is crypto dead, finally?

Crypto’s time of unregulated business fueled by effusive venture capital and fraudsters may be waning, but that doesn't mean the currency is going anywhere.

Los Angeles Times

Rebecca Ackermann Dec 18, 2022

Katie Notopoulos Dec 18, 2022

I wonder if I can get a new personality on here. Like going off to college and being goth or something. Let's hope so