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Google Health’s human-centred observational study on AI’s real-world problems
From Putting People First

Google Health’s human-centred observational study on AI’s real-world problems

The gulf between the technical brilliance claimed for Google’s deep learning model and its real-world application points to a common problem that has hindered the...

Videos online of the anthropology and technology conference
From Putting People First

Videos online of the anthropology and technology conference

Videos are now available of last month's Anthropology and Technology conference, dedicated to socially-responsible AI.

[Book] Privacy is Power
From Putting People First

[Book] Privacy is Power

The first book to call for the end of the data economy. Carissa Veliz exposes how our personal data is giving too much to big tech and governments, why that matters...

Experientia speaks at Turin’s Technology Biennial
From Putting People First

Experientia speaks at Turin’s Technology Biennial

Experientia's Jan-Christoph Zoels and Mark Vanderbeeken will be part of discussion panels at the upcoming Biennial of Technology in Turin, Italy.

New course by Experientia Academy
From Putting People First

New course by Experientia Academy

7 day online interactive course with vertical, thematic focus on tools and methods of behavioral design for cultural change to tackle societal challenges

Remote events (like this one) are terrible. How to fix them and why.
From Putting People First

Remote events (like this one) are terrible. How to fix them and why.

In this talk, Andre Jay Meissner and Fredrik Matheson talk about what we’ve lost, why existing tech and formats are a poor replacement, and what we can do to change...

The Big Home Reboot: IKEA’s Life at Home Report 2020
From Putting People First

The Big Home Reboot: IKEA’s Life at Home Report 2020

IKEA just launched its seventh Life at Home Report, exploring how people have grown closer to their homes in this extraordinary year

The value of ethnographic research and contextual inquiry
From Putting People First

The value of ethnographic research and contextual inquiry

In this article, Lylo Trotta explain the value that both contextual inquiry and ethnographic research provide and discuss why these practices are a crucial, even...

How an AI tool for fighting hospital deaths actually worked in the real world
From Putting People First

How an AI tool for fighting hospital deaths actually worked in the real world

It wasn’t just technical work but also significant social and emotional labor that turned Sepsis Watch, a Duke University deep-learning model, into a success story...

How constant tech is breaking our brains
From Putting People First

How constant tech is breaking our brains

Fast Company spoke with tech pioneer Jaron Lanier, Microsoft CVP Emma Williams and Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson.

Google’s ethnographic research on selfies
From Putting People First

Google’s ethnographic research on selfies

The Gogle Wellbeing Lab joined up with the company's Pixel team to run an ethnographic study across four countries, examining the relationship people in the United...

Rethinking human-AI interaction
From Putting People First

Rethinking human-AI interaction

This essay by AI specialist Jessy Lin explores some of the possibilities to rethink how humans and “intelligent” machines interact today.

[Essay] Helsinki Design Lab ten years later
From Putting People First

[Essay] Helsinki Design Lab ten years later

A survey of Helsinki Design Lab’s activities 2008–2013, with reflections on the three “bets” that the Lab made and their relevance today.

[Paper] Foresight and Design: New Support for Strategic Decision Making
From Putting People First

[Paper] Foresight and Design: New Support for Strategic Decision Making

Integrating design with foresight enables decision makers to contend with changes coming from the world (inbound change) and changes the organization creates to...

[Paper] Active consumer participation in smart energy systems
From Putting People First

[Paper] Active consumer participation in smart energy systems

Designing energy services with a human-centered approach will allow us to rely on consumers not only as executors of changes in energy consumption, but also as...

Lack of partnership with key community members causes ICT4D projects to fail
From Putting People First

Lack of partnership with key community members causes ICT4D projects to fail

The main lesson is that even a nearly imperceptible deviation from the full inclusion of all relevant parties in every aspect of the project can result in large...

The effect of Covid-19 on education in Africa
From Putting People First

The effect of Covid-19 on education in Africa

This report, and the survey findings behind it, provides a unique insight into the perspectives of EdTech experts regarding the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...

[Book] The Weirdest People in the World
From Putting People First

[Book] The Weirdest People in the World

Provocative and engaging in both its broad scope and its surprising details, The WEIRDest People in the World explores how culture, institutions, and psychology...

[Book] The Innovation Delusion
From Putting People First

[Book] The Innovation Delusion

The authors offer a compelling plan for how we can shift our focus away from the pursuit of growth at all costs, and back toward neglected activities like maintenance...

[Book] Slow computing
From Putting People First

[Book] Slow computing

Slow Computing: Why We Need Balanced Digital Livesby Rob Kitchin and Alistair FraserBristol University PressSeptember 2020 – 224 pages Digital technologies should...
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