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Merging Technology with Human-Centered Ethics and Skills | IDEO U webinar with Coe Leta Stafford | June 2024
Interview with IDEO senior partner Coe Leta Stafford as part of their IDEO U podcast series.
How do we approach AI in a human-centered way? And what skills will help us get the most out of AI? Tom Gruber, co-creator of Siri, shares how we can harness and collaborate with AI in a way that is human-centered, ethical, and impactful. Topics include
- Why Generative AI Needs Human-Centered Design
- What is Generative AI?
- Collaborating with AI: Why Humanistic AI Matters
- Critical Skills for Working with AI
- The Near Future of AI
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A Conversation about Conversational AI | TEDx Beacon Street | JFK Presidential Library Boston, November 17, 2008.
In this conversation between Siri designer Tom Gruber and NY Times writer John Markoff, we hear about the state of the art in Conversational Artificial Intelligence…
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Forging Humanistic AI | Interview for UX Magazine's Invisible Machines podcast, June 2024
UX Magazine is a a community of over 800,000, and Invisible Machines is the #1 podcast in the conversational AI community. Hosts Robb Wilson and Josh Tyson, ...
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For tech companies, ‘humanism’ is an empty buzzword. It doesn’t have to be. | By Kirsten Ostherr | Washington Post
Tom Gruber of Apple describes Siri as “humanistic AI — artificial intelligence designed to meet human needs by collaborating [with] and augmenting people …”
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LifeScore Debut | Twitch.tv | Artificial Show
As the guest of showrunner Bernie Su, Tom demonstrated music being automatically adapted in real time for the first time ever…
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This AI Maestro Wants to Serenade You | by Steven Levy | Wired | May 20, 2020
How does LifeScore do it? It starts, like any music, with a human creator. Both Sheppard and Gruber are emphatic that they do not want ...
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Your Phone Knows You Too Well. Tom Gruber Knows Why | Interview for Willamette Week
Call Gruber an optimist. He thinks the same algorithms that prey on our bad habits can be used to encourage good ones …
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The Future of the Virtual Assistant | Nasdaq at Silicon Slopes 2020
Josh Machiz talks with Tom about AI, Siri and the future of the virtual assistant.
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Tom Talks Humanistic AI with Host Luke Robert Mason | SingularityNET | April, 2021
Tom shares his insights into creating intelligent interfaces, the ethical use of technology, and how humanistic AI can enable learning, knowledge sharing, and increased productivity.
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How to get AI to work for humans instead of against us | Interview with John Markoff | December 4, 2020
After Tom's virtual keynote at TechfestNW, he was interview by NY Times writer John Markoff
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