It's issue #324 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here's what we've been reading of late.
New analysis suggests AI tools narrow the span of ideas explored. So, AI boosts research careers but flattens scientific discovery. Read all about it here.
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Don’t start with silicon. Start with soul.
No, philosophy is not making a comeback. But the love of wisdom is - and that is the REAL AI literacy.
Why some AI workflows stick—and others don’t
These four questions helped me decide which ones to keep, redesign, revisit, or retire.
A robotics brand built on how robots see colour
Rerun builds open source software that lets robotics teams see what their robots see, then log, query, and train data behind it.
Design-system maturity: A 6-dimension framework
Use this maturity model to assess your design system’s health and identify where to focus next.
For most of the last forty years, the answer was simple. Design resided in a department. It had a door, a headcount, a queue, and a budget line.
Some things are best left to humans.
✨ Product find of the week
Tooooools - Lo-fi effects for image & video
With this tool, you can apply lo-fi effects to your images and videos. It includes dithering, halftone, gradients, patterns and more.
📰 In other news
DDC founder on showing up, staying prolific, and never forgetting the crappy jobs
Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"
AI has a big workplace bias problem
Special mentions this week
Light made a flip phone — it’s colorful and it’s cheap
The World Cup tech innovations that will outlast the tournament
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