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Ian Silber

What Ian Silber thinks about curiosity

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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 readingDesigners do not need a background in AI, but they do need high curiosity about it.

    design

    Their wordswe do not expect you to have a background in AI because again, this is evolving so quickly, but we definitely expect high curiosity about it

    ↗Chatbots are not the final interface: OpenAI’s Head of Design on what’s next | Ian Silberyoutube.com 13th of 22 in this recording

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  3. Our readingWorking at OpenAI as a designer does not require being technical, but it does require being really curious and interested in how somebody might actually use the product.

    OpenAIdesign

    Their wordsyou don't have to be like technical to work here, but I think you have to be really curious and really interested to see like how might somebody actually use this

    ↗Ian Silber - What it's like designing at OpenAIyoutube.com 1st of 17 in this recording

  5. Our readingDesigners need the fundamentals, being great at general product design, plus being truly curious and interested in the technology.

    design

    Their wordsYou need the fundamentals. You need to be great at just kind of like doing, you know, general product design, but I think that that other piece just like being truly curious and and interested in the idea

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