product/design/storytelling obsessive, founder, author, investor
what things will people definitively NOT want to use tech for, even though they COULD be offloaded to compute? Excited for all the things AI will expedite and assist me with, but I also expect surging demand for products and experiences that force us to unplug and engage us emotionally and with rich human story - and this demand will drive a resurgence of crafting what is scarce and unscalable.
I have a theory that there will be a live theater revival once (and if) AI movies will be a thing
Great question Scott Belsky As a UX researcher, I keep seeing this pattern - the more tech-enabled our lives become, the more people crave authentic, 'inefficient' experiences 🌱 Like how vinyl made a comeback in the Spotify era, or how handwritten letters feel more special now. The future isn't just about what tech CAN do, but what humans WANT to keep sacre
Choosing what is the most important thing that we SHOULD be doing, but just doing things for us because they CAN be done
Grieving. Deathtech, AI for grieving, holograms,AI bots of the departed and that list keeps extending. It tampers the natural process with disturbing consequences. And no the ‘right to choose’ isn’t a sound argument.
Authentic human connections, creativity, and deeply personal experiences would become scarce and would reroute to a 'human-first' approach.
Narrative creation and visual storytelling. These are important creative exercises for me in my work.
magazines, bookstores, great food, art, live music, hiking, camping, and painting; it is pretty endless. I think we are more binary than ever. Chronically online and then chronically offline. What lies in the middle is what I want to know. Will that just disappear?
Taking care of my kids.
Using tech to find optimal times of when to not use tech. Dopamine cleansing…tactile play with kids etc…
Principal User Experience Designer II at LexisNexis Risk Solutions
6moScott Belsky there will be a HUGE comeback in the "analog arts" even as AI powered commercialized design and app development will become ubiqitous. "Thoughtfully Human" will be a badge of quality demanding premieum price. Meanwhile software design as we know it will be very different.