Machine learning, advanced robots, and virtual reality are here. Crucial design and ethical decisions are being made, and will be made in the near (3-5 year) future that will shape the interactions between machines and people for years to come. Today’s designers and product managers will be and are the architects of these relationships moving forward. Learn what are the most important decisions designers will make, and the skills and knowledge you will need to design our future with technology.

1. The Future Of

2. People are social. They have a desire to
have relationships. They see themselves
in others.

3. People anthropomorphize.

5. Anthropomorphizing increases trust.

10. Conversation and voice interaction will be
the norm.

12. People release dopamine when they
touch.

14. People will use whatever technology is
available to have sex.

16. What To Expect

17. What To Expect
People will have and will want to have
social relationships with robots and
machines.

18. What To Expect
People will have and will want to have
social relationships with robots and
machines.
People will love and trust their robots and
machines as much as or MORE than “real”
people or pets.

19. Our brains are neuroplastic.

20. The BrainPort

23. David Eagleman, Ph.D.

24. Neuroplasticity + Technology = Sensory
Substitution

25. Neuroplasticity + Technology = Sensory
Addition

26. Neuroplasticity + Technology = Sensory
Addition

27. People will receive and process
information unconsciously.

28. People will use their brains to interact
directly with technology.

30. Dr. Thomas Deuel
and his
Encephalophone

33. What To Expect
People will extend their cognitive, visual,
and motor abilities with technology.

34. What To Expect
People will extend their cognitive, visual,
and motor abilities with technology.
People will receive and send information
directly into and from their brains and
bodies without an intermediary device.

35. People are physically and mentally lazy.

36. AI and machines will do almost
everything.

39. What To Expect
Most jobs, including information jobs will
be done by AI and machines.

40. What To Expect
Most jobs, including information jobs will
be done by AI and machines.
The value of humans will be to ask the right
questions and understand the emotional
impacts.

41. Big Questions
What kind of relationships do we want to
have with technology and machines?
What is the machine’s role? What is the
human’s role?
Who decides?

42. To Recap
1. Conversation and voice interaction will be the norm.
2. People will have and will want to have social relationships with
robots and machines.
3. People will love and trust their robots and machines as much as
or MORE than “real” people or pets.
4. People will extend their cognitive, visual, and motor abilities with
technology.
5. People will receive and send information directly into and from
their brains and bodies without an intermediary device.
6. Most jobs, including information jobs will be done by AI and
machines.
7. The value of humans will be to ask the right questions and
understand the emotional impacts.

43. How To Prepare
Invest time – become familiar with new
technologies that exist or are on the horizon.

44. How To Prepare
Invest time – become familiar with new
technologies that exist or are on the horizon.
Walk through each of these new realities and
ask, “How could this effect our product, service,
and the way we communicate and market to our
audience?”

45. How To Prepare (continued)
Learn and/or improve your skills and knowledge
in behavioral science, interviewing, envisioning,
sketching, communicating, eliciting and
understanding emotions, and how to ask
questions.

46. One last idea about people that I hope
will remain true…

47. People will use whatever technology is
available to create and collaborate.

50. THANK
YOU!
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