I understood that starting this show would require a distinctive viewpoint, and John was the ideal candidate. With a background in technology, design, and business, John aided me in examining the significance of this moment for creatives. We talk about keeping up with tech, leading change, agents for designers, bias in AI, and even getting tackled on stage.
John Maeda is the Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. His career is a combination of technology, design, and business. He is well-known for his work as an author, technologist, creator, and scholar. In the field of AI, he is recognized for his Design in Tech Reports, a YouTube series called Mr. Maeda's Cozy AI Kitchen, and his book How to Speak Machine: Computational Thinking for the Rest of Us.
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John Maeda: Defining the Moment