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Jason Yuan

What Jason Yuan thinks about simplicity

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Designer and founder of Hivemind, a social AI that talks one-on-one with many people at once, and earlier co-founder of New Computer, maker of the Dot assistant.

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  1. Our readingAI models want to add or patch as a form of making better, whereas the design process is really about editing away.

    design

    Their wordsthe AI models they want to add. They want to add or patch as a form of making better. But I I I think the design process is really about editing away.

    ↗Jason Yuan - Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"youtube.com 11th of 18 in this recording

  3. Our readingOften people mistake the depth of thought needed to create something that coheres for making something that looks aesthetically simple, which is almost never the case of anything great.

    Their wordsI think often people mistake the depth of thought needed to create something that coheres for let's just make something that looks aesthetically simple. That is almost never the case of anything great.

    ↗Jason Yuan - Designing 99 "No"s for a single "Yes"youtube.com 14th of 18 in this recording