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- 1. The Soul in The Machine - Developing for Humans Chris Heilmann @codepo8, Confoo, Montréal - February 2017
- 3. Today, I want us to think a bit about what we are doing as developers. 🤔
- 4. Because, I think we’re wasting a lot of energy on the wrong things… 🔋
- 5. I remember when writing code for the web was mostly about building interfaces for humans and making sure they work.🤹
- 6. But with better computers, less confusing browsers and fast connections we lost that focus.🚀
- 7. And this is dangerous and not helpful. 🌵
- 8. We have become disconnected from our users. ✂
- 9. Our computers work, our connections are great, we’re always up-to-date and often ahead of the curve.🏁
- 10. So we’ve become introspective. Most of the headlines we read and get excited about are about improving our tools.🛠
- 11. We seem to be at a break-neck pace to empower ourselves to create more in a shorter amount of time.⏳
- 12. Creating more in a shorter amount of time always comes with some cost. 🗑
- 13. We create for the sake of creation and to cater to a culture of perpetual growth…🎰
- 14. Where are we going with this? 🤔
- 15. For now, we’re good. Our jobs are safe, we have more freedom than we know what to do with and we work in the world others are scared of.😎
- 16. Have we created machines that are too clever?
- 17. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov http://www.zmescience.com/other/economics/china-factory-robots-03022017/
- 23. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34066941 http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf How safe is my job? Abstract thinking Working with humans Images Words Numbers Routine Variety You’re out Get nervous You’re OK
- 24. This also applies to us, as the more predictable we get, the easier it is to replace us.
- 28. We’re in a post-production world. We use other people’s products instead of writing new code from scratch…
- 29. Which is totally fine. Boring, repetitive and tedious work is where computers excel and humans make mistakes.
- 30. So here’s what I think we should be considering… 🤔
- 31. The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- 32. All personal data on the web has been harvested and analysed.
- 33. For years we used “free” systems that spied on us - heck, we even bought the devices that recorded our every move. - 📱
- 34. Our data and information has already been recorded and filed. It is almost impossible not to have left a track. 📷✏🎙➡🗄
- 35. Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. — Aldous Huxley
- 36. The Power of Big Data and Psychographics https://youtu.be/Yu3Vxy6lQwg
- 37. The Power of Big Data and Psychographics https://youtu.be/Yu3Vxy6lQwg
- 38. The Power of Big Data and Psychographics https://youtu.be/Yu3Vxy6lQwg
- 39. The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed. — William Gibson
- 40. Here is where we come in. 4
- 41. The interfaces we build today condition the users of now and of tomorrow…
- 42. The interfaces we build today condition the users of now and of tomorrow…
- 43. It is time for us to see machine learning as a tool in our belt to built great, human interfaces.🌈
- 44. There is no such thing as a perfect user - think inclusive. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Design/inclusive It isn’t about allowing access but about avoiding barriers.
- 45. Here are some great examples… 🦄
- 48. “Selfies” (Auto category) https://photos.google.com
- 54. aipoly.com
- 55. https://blogs.office.com/2016/12/02/accessibility-in-office-365-enabling-greater-digital-inclusion/ Cognitive services in Microsoft Office
- 56. Facebook’s alternatives… Image may contain: dog, outdoor and nature https://code.facebook.com/posts/561187904071636
- 57. Adding automated content in context… https://research.googleblog.com/2016/05/aw-so-cute-allo-helps-you-respond-to.html
- 58. https://www.videobreakdown.com/ Understanding and fixing video automatically…
- 62. It is time for us to go and play! 🕹
- 63. The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
- 64. People are freaking out!
- 66. Learning from data… http://image-net.org/
- 67. Understanding the human aspect… https://github.com/ openimages/dataset
- 68. Refining the data with language https://research.googleblog.com/2016/09/show-and-tell-image-captioning-open.html
- 70. Detect syntax, mix and match
- 72. http://captionbot.ai More APIs and demos to use…
- 78. Add quality by filtering with context… https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/custom-recognition-intelligent-service-cris
- 79. Our job right now is to create interfaces that are simple, human and fun to use…
- 80. Machines and code are there to help humans communicate better. The more useful our “intelligent” solutions are, the easier it will be for people to stop fearing innovation… 🎙
- 81. We need to use our skills, knowledge and products to give people a sense of interaction and data ownership. 🔬
- 82. It is up to us to make this revolution one that improves all mankind, and not only makes some quick money and shows us more ads. 9