Quarantine Sweethearts and navigating dating-at-a-distance. — SKIN THIRST: singles are experiencing lack of physical touch. Hi. I live alone with no pets. I was part of a relationship that ended right as covid was heating up in Canada. I’m following the government’s orders to social distance and stay home as much as possible. I’m fortunate to be able to self isolate at home and work…

How AI automation and human-computer collaboration are changing the workplace. — “How will this affect jobs?” This question seems to pop up at almost every AI meetup, talk, or conversation I’m part of. And for good reason. The future of work profoundly affects people’s lives. Yet, there are so many unknowns surrounding it. I’ve been pondering this and other AI ethics…

Reinforcement learning powered recommendation engines. — The August edition of Design+AI was jam packed with theories, terminology, and ideas. We welcomed Inmar Giovoni — current Autonomy Engineering Manager at Uber ATG, and former Head of Data Science at Kobo — to share a case study with us. Inmar talked us through the thinking and decisions her…

Cognitive load, exit strategies, and standing on the shoulders of giants. — Design&AI is a monthly meetup exploring case studies and the nitty-gritty decisions designers face when “making” for an AI-augmented world. Last month, we were joined by TribalScale’s Jane Motz Hayes (Director of Design) and Geoffrey Hunter (Data Sciences Lead), who started off the conversation by sharing their work developing a…

How AI is shaping human experiences and what the work of designers look like in an AI-first future. — Toronto is poised to become a hot spot for the fast-growing field of AI. While most of the current practitioner level conversation is engineering-centric, we’re interested in the intersection of AI and design. How is AI shaping human experiences? …