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The Soul in The Machine - Developing for Humans
The document discusses how developers have become disconnected from users as technology has advanced. It argues that developers should focus on building interfaces that are simple, human-centered, and empower users rather than just improving tools. Machine learning and AI can be used to build helpful interfaces, but developers must focus on the human experience and inclusive design. The talk aims to inspire developers to use their skills to improve people's lives rather than just profit or automation.
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- 1. The Soul inThe Machine - Developing for Humans Chris Heilmann @codepo8, Confoo, Montréal - February 2017
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- 3. Today, I wantus to think a bit about what we are doing as developers. 🤔
- 4. Because, I thinkwe’re wasting a lot of energy on the wrong things… 🔋
- 5. I remember whenwriting code for the web was mostly about building interfaces for humans and making sure they work.🤹
- 6. But with bettercomputers, less confusing browsers and fast connections we lost that focus.🚀
- 7. And this isdangerous and not helpful. 🌵
- 8. We have becomedisconnected 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 becomeintrospective. Most of the headlines we read and get excited about are about improving our tools.🛠
- 11. We seem tobe at a break-neck pace to empower ourselves to create more in a shorter amount of time.⏳
- 12. Creating more ina shorter amount of time always comes with some cost. 🗑
- 13. We create forthe sake of creation and to cater to a culture of perpetual growth…🎰
- 14. Where are wegoing with this? 🤔
- 15. For now, we’regood. 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 createdmachines that are too clever?
- 17. I do notfear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov http://www.zmescience.com/other/economics/china-factory-robots-03022017/
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- 23. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34066941 http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf How safe ismy job? Abstract thinking Working with humans Images Words Numbers Routine Variety You’re out Get nervous You’re OK
- 24. This also appliesto us, as the more predictable we get, the easier it is to replace us.
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- 28. We’re in apost-production world. We use other people’s products instead of writing new code from scratch…
- 29. Which is totallyfine. Boring, repetitive and tedious work is where computers excel and humans make mistakes.
- 30. So here’s whatI think we should be considering… 🤔
- 31. The saddest aspectof life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- 32. All personal dataon the web has been harvested and analysed.
- 33. For years weused “free” systems that spied on us - heck, we even bought the devices that recorded our every move. - 📱
- 34. Our data andinformation has already been recorded and filed. It is almost impossible not to have left a track. 📷✏🎙➡🗄
- 35. Technological progress has merelyprovided us with more efficient means for going backwards. — Aldous Huxley
- 36. The Power ofBig Data and Psychographics https://youtu.be/Yu3Vxy6lQwg
- 37. The Power ofBig Data and Psychographics https://youtu.be/Yu3Vxy6lQwg
- 38. The Power ofBig Data and Psychographics https://youtu.be/Yu3Vxy6lQwg
- 39. The future isalready here – it’s just not very evenly distributed. — William Gibson
- 40. Here is wherewe come in. 4
- 41. The interfaces we buildtoday condition the users of now and of tomorrow…
- 42. The interfaces we buildtoday condition the users of now and of tomorrow…
- 43. It is timefor us to see machine learning as a tool in our belt to built great, human interfaces.🌈
- 44. There is nosuch 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 somegreat examples… 🦄
- 48. “Selfies” (Auto category)https://photos.google.com
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- 56. Facebook’s alternatives… Image maycontain: dog, outdoor and nature https://code.facebook.com/posts/561187904071636
- 57. Adding automated contentin context… https://research.googleblog.com/2016/05/aw-so-cute-allo-helps-you-respond-to.html
- 58. https://www.videobreakdown.com/ Understanding and fixingvideo automatically…
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- 62. It is timefor us to go and play! 🕹
- 63. The question of whethercomputers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
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- 66. Learning from data…http://image-net.org/
- 67. Understanding the humanaspect… https://github.com/ openimages/dataset
- 68. Refining the datawith language https://research.googleblog.com/2016/09/show-and-tell-image-captioning-open.html
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- 70. Detect syntax, mixand match
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- 72. http://captionbot.ai More APIs anddemos to use…
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- 78. Add quality byfiltering with context… https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/custom-recognition-intelligent-service-cris
- 79. Our job rightnow is to create interfaces that are simple, human and fun to use…
- 80. Machines and codeare 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 touse our skills, knowledge and products to give people a sense of interaction and data ownership. 🔬
- 82. It is upto us to make this revolution one that improves all mankind, and not only makes some quick money and shows us more ads. 9
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