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Ian Silber

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Designer who led product design at OpenAI, including ChatGPT and Codex; previously at Artifact and, for eight years, Instagram.

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  1. Our readingProactivity is a big untapped part of the AI assistant experience.

    Their wordsI think proactivity is a big untapped kind of part of the experience that we're really excited to think about.

    ↗Chatbots are not the final interface: OpenAI’s Head of Design on what’s next | Ian Silberyoutube.com 18th of 22 in this recording

  3. Our readingA consumer AI assistant should have one universal input that knows whether to answer quickly, chat, or go off and do work.

    Their wordswe do think that there should be sort of this one universal input that you can ask that knows when it needs to answer like really quickly or it should be chatty or whether it should go and like go off and do work for you.

    ↗Chatbots are not the final interface: OpenAI’s Head of Design on what’s next | Ian Silberyoutube.com 19th of 22 in this recording

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  5. Our readingIn AI products, much can often be done with the model directly in the conversation rather than through new bespoke UI, though there is a balance.

    design

    Their wordsWhat can we do this without pixels? Can we do this with tokens? Can we do this with the model itself?" And always trying to push to to do more of that. What can happen directly in the conversation and and in the flow of of how you're using the experience versus trying to think about what new kind of bespoke UI to do we need for this

    ↗Ian Silber - What it's like designing at OpenAIyoutube.com 2nd of 17 in this recording

  7. Our readingDesigners working on AI products should hopefully spend a lot less time drawing pixels and more time on how people interact with the model, which is the core product.

    design

    Their wordsdesigners working on this are hopefully spending a lot less time in Figma or whatever like tool you use to draw pixels and more time really thinking about how you interact with this thing and the fact that the model really is like the core product

    ↗Ian Silber - What it's like designing at OpenAIyoutube.com 3rd of 17 in this recording

  9. Our readingDesigners who embraced a tool like Origami were able to up-level their work, craft and impact, and Codex or Cursor can likewise unlock a new way for designers to express themselves.

    design

    Their wordsthe people that embraced it I think were able to up level their their work and their craft and their impact as a designer. I see that same shift happening now with like these new tools that are emerging. I think Codex or Cursor or anything can really unlock like a new way of expressing yourself for a a designer

    ↗Ian Silber - What it's like designing at OpenAIyoutube.com 9th of 17 in this recording

  11. Our readingDesigners have to think a lot about how to expose what the models can now do in a way people understand, and how to give them the tools to do real, meaningful work.

    OpenAIdesign

    Their wordsI think as designers we have to think a lot about well how do you actually expose that in a way that people understand what they can do with it and how do you give them the tools so that they can go out and do real meaningful work right in ChatGPT

    ↗Ian Silber - What it's like designing at OpenAIyoutube.com 14th of 17 in this recording