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That's where accountability lives: not in auditing the made, but in credentialing the maker.
The question: do we have the political will to require that?
#AIregulation #AIsafety #AIethics #AccountableAI #HumanCenteredAI #CredentialingAI #GovernTech #PolicyForAI #ResponsibleAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
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Designing Trustworthy AI Experiences
"An AI model isn't an oracle, and it isn't a decision-maker. AI is a sophisticated assumption-making machine — it fills the gaps in what you tell it with confident guesses."
Find the flaw breaking trust in your AI feature
FREE 30 min TODAY at 2:00 PM ET
Learn:
✋🏼 The five things trust is actually made of
⛓️💥 How to spot the weakest link in trust
🛠️ The repair, not just the diagnosis
⏰ A skill you can use immediately
RSVP Now → https://maven.com/p/672643/find-the-flaw-breaking-trust-in-your-ai-feature
Find the flaw breaking trust in your AI feature: The five things trust is actually made of
A simple trust audit that turns a vague "this feels off" into five specific, fixable gaps."
Grab your seat → https://maven.com/p/672643/find-the-flaw-breaking-trust-in-your-ai-feature?ajs_uid=207640
#AItrust #UserTrust #CX #ProductManagement #Masto #CranfordTeague
Find the flaw breaking trust in your AI feature: A skill you can use immediately
We'll audit a real AI customer-service chatbot live, so you leave able to run the same audit on your own product.
https://maven.com/p/672643/find-the-flaw-breaking-trust-in-your-ai-feature?ajs_uid=207640
#TrustworthyAI #AIXDesign #TechWorkshop #Masto #CranfordTeague
Find the flaw breaking trust in your AI feature: How to spot the weakest link in trust
Why an AI feature that's great on four dimensions and broken on one is a broken feature, and how to find the break fast."
Get your FREE Ticket → https://maven.com/p/672643/find-the-flaw-breaking-trust-in-your-ai-feature?ajs_uid=207640
#AItrust #trustworthyAI #UXforAI #designthinking #Masto #CranfordTeague
🛠️The repair, not just the diagnosis — the specific fix for each kind of gap, demoed live on a real customer-service chatbot
Join LIVE on 21 August. RSVP here (it's free): https://maven.com/p/672643/find-the-flaw-breaking-trust-in-your-ai-feature?ajs_uid=207640
What AI feature do you use but not fully trust? Comment below — we might audit it live.
#AITrust #MavenLive #AIAudit #TrustworthyAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
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FREE LIVE LESSON:
Find the flaw breaking trust in your AI feature
Audit any AI feature for the five things that make users trust it.
FREE LIGHTNING LESSON → https://maven.com/p/672643/find-the-flaw-breaking-trust-in-your-ai-feature
#AItrust #AIXDesign #AIUX #FreeWorkshop #Masto #CranfordTeague
NEW COHORT OPENS AUGUST 24th
Designing Trustworthy AI Experiences
If you've been building products for a while, you already have a process that works. AI changes the material that process was built for. Your instincts still hold. Your tools need to catch up.
This course is where you build them.
Six weeks. One real project. A trust lens on every phase.
EXPLORE → https://maven.com/cranford-teague/trustworthy-ai-xd
#TrustworthyAI #AIUX #HumanCenteredAI #AIcourse #Masto #CranfordTeague
NEW COHORT OPENS AUGUST 24th
Designing Trustworthy AI Experiences
If you've been building products for a while, you already have a process that works. AI changes the material that process was built for. Your instincts still hold. Your tools need to catch up.
This course is where you build them.
Six weeks. One real project. A trust lens on every phase.
EXPLORE → https://maven.com/cranford-teague/trustworthy-ai-xd
#TrustworthyAI #AIUX #HumanCenteredAI #AIcourse #Masto #CranfordTeague
NEW COHORT OPENS AUGUST 24th
Designing Trustworthy AI Experiences
If you've been building products for a while, you already have a process that works. AI changes the material that process was built for. Your instincts still hold. Your tools need to catch up.
This course is where you build them.
Six weeks. One real project. A trust lens on every phase.
EXPLORE → https://maven.com/cranford-teague/trustworthy-ai-xd
#TrustworthyAI #AIUX #HumanCenteredAI #AIcourse #Masto #CranfordTeague
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
Individuals — especially those of us with some seniority left to spend — have to keep naming it, even when it costs us something socially.
READ → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
#techworkers #techindustry #seniorprofessionals #careertransition #Masto #CranfordTeague
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
Companies have to stop treating "innovative" as a synonym for "young."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
Individuals — especially those of us with some seniority left to spend — have to keep naming it, even when it costs us something socially.
READ → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
#techworkers #techindustry #seniorprofessionals #careertransition #Masto #CranfordTeague
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
Companies have to stop treating "innovative" as a synonym for "young."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
The industry has to stop treating ageism as a separate, smaller problem from race and gender bias.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
That means saying something — not to the recruiter who was just the messenger, but in the rooms where you have standing: to colleagues, in public writing like this, in the rare conversation with someone who actually holds hiring power.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
#CareerDevelopment #ExperienceMatters #Leadership #TechWorkers #Masto #CranfordTeague
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
Pressing the recruiter just puts them on the spot to defend something they didn't decide, and the likeliest outcome is that you look like you can't take rejection gracefully.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
#techworkers #techindustry #futureofwork #careertransition #Masto #CranfordTeague
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
Ageism is a multiplier, addressing it has to be woven into whatever work companies are already doing on race and gender equity, or it will keep quietly undoing that work for everyone as they age into it.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
#futureofwork #ageism #growthmindset #innovation #Masto #CranfordTeague
The Tech Worker Blues: The future of aging out
The industry has to stop treating ageism as a separate, smaller problem from race and gender bias.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tech-worker-blues-future-aging-out-jason-cranford-teague-0tmpe/
Designing Trustworthy AI Experiences
Lead AI-augmented projects end to end—from Discover to Deploy—with a repeatable, explainable method.
https://maven.com/cranford-teague/trustworthy-ai-xd
#DigitalTransformation #ExperienceDesign #TrustworthyAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
Communication is compression;
the listener’s assumptions are the decompression algorithm.
Read more → https://createmindfully.substack.com/p/a-sophisticated-assumption-making
#Communication #ArtificialIntelligence #TrustworthyAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
Slop Was Never About AI
"Then the researchers did something that should have made everyone stop and pay attention. They gave the TOEFL essays to ChatGPT and asked it to improve the word choices so, they sounded more like those of a native speaker.
The false positive rate dropped from 61% to 11.77%.
Enshitification defined."
READ MORE → https://substack.com/home/post/p-209000768
#AIethics #digitalcommunication #slop #Masto #CranfordTeague
An Unsophisticated Decision-Making Machine
Your AI always has an opinion. It has never, not once, had a stake in what happens to you. Don’t confuse the two, especially not on the days when its opinion is better than yours. That will happen. That’s exactly when the AI decision making costume fits best.
The decision is always yours.
Communication is compression;
the listener’s assumptions are the decompression algorithm.
Read more → https://createmindfully.substack.com/p/a-sophisticated-assumption-making
#Communication #ArtificialIntelligence #TrustworthyAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16
About one-in-five adults oppose banning those under 16 from using social media. And roughly a quarter are unsure.
#socialmedia #youthpolicy #digitalwellbeing #parenting #Masto #CranfordTeague
Communication is compression;
the listener’s assumptions are the decompression algorithm.
Read more → https://createmindfully.substack.com/p/a-sophisticated-assumption-making
#Communication #ArtificialIntelligence #TrustworthyAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
Communication is compression;
the listener’s assumptions are the decompression algorithm.
Read more → https://createmindfully.substack.com/p/a-sophisticated-assumption-making
#Communication #ArtificialIntelligence #TrustworthyAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
Communication is compression;
the listener’s assumptions are the decompression algorithm.
Read more → https://createmindfully.substack.com/p/a-sophisticated-assumption-making
#Communication #ArtificialIntelligence #TrustworthyAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
A Very Sophisticated Assumption-Making Machine
"You'll hear LLMs (the true name of what we think of as artificial intelligence) called answer machines, reasoning machines, creativity machines. They're none of those things, and the names matter, because your mental model of a tool determines how you use it."
READ → https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sophisticated-assumption-making-machine-jason-cranford-teague-iysfe/
#TrustworthyAI #DesigningAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Masto #CranfordTeague
A Sophisticated Assumption-Making Machine
"Every compiler, every stylesheet, every command line gave you exactly what you specified and not one pixel more. We built entire disciplines around that fact — programming languages are, at bottom, grammars for leaving nothing to assumptions, because there was nothing on the other end that could make assumptions. The craft was explicitness."
CLASS FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGISTS:
Designing Trustworthy AI Experiences
AI integrated into YOUR process:
lead AI-augmented projects end to end—from Discover to Deploy—with a repeatable, explainable method.
Sign up and get 50% off → https://maven.com/cranford-teague/trustworthy-ai-xd?promoCode=trust-50
#TrustworthyAI #AIDesign #AIethics #ExplainableAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
CLASS FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGISTS:
Designing Trustworthy AI Experiences
AI integrated into YOUR process:
lead AI-augmented projects end to end—from Discover to Deploy—with a repeatable, explainable method.
Sign up and get 50% off → https://maven.com/cranford-teague/trustworthy-ai-xd?promoCode=trust-50
#TrustworthyAI #AIDesign #AIethics #ExplainableAI #Masto #CranfordTeague
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But the deeper benefit is cultural. When a team practices outcome clarity, shared ownership, and constructive critique, they build products that feel human. And in a world of noisy, confusing interfaces, that’s the ultimate competitive advantage.
#ExperienceDesign #BrandTrust #ProductDesign #ClientSuccess #Masto #CranfordTeague
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But the deeper benefit is cultural. When a team practices outcome clarity, shared ownership, and constructive critique, they build products that feel human. And in a world of noisy, confusing interfaces, that’s the ultimate competitive advantage.
#ExperienceDesign #BrandTrust #ProductDesign #ClientSuccess #Masto #CranfordTeague
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This is not about turning everyone into a designer. It’s about giving them the language to ask the right questions at the right time:
- Concept stage: Who is this for? What problem are we solving?
- Wireframe stage: Does this flow match how people think?
- Development stage: Is this fast enough? Is it accessible?
- Launch stage: How will we know if it’s working?
When the team shares ownership, critiques become constructive, not combative.
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This approach makes design rationale visible, memorable, and actionable. It also builds trust—because trust is built on clarity, not on authority.
#ExperienceDesign #StorytellingInDesign #UserExperience #Masto #CranfordTeague
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This discipline keeps the team aligned and prevents design-by-default—where features accumulate without purpose. It also makes critiques easier: if a design doesn’t serve the outcome, it’s not a good design.
#DesignThinking #DesignStrategy #designthinking #humanbehavior #uxdesign #Masto #CranfordTeague
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This is not about turning everyone into a designer. It’s about giving them the language to ask the right questions at the right time:
- Concept stage: Who is this for? What problem are we solving?
- Wireframe stage: Does this flow match how people think?
- Development stage: Is this fast enough? Is it accessible?
- Launch stage: How will we know if it’s working?
When the team shares ownership, critiques become constructive, not combative.
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This approach makes design rationale visible, memorable, and actionable. It also builds trust—because trust is built on clarity, not on authority.
#ExperienceDesign #StorytellingInDesign #UserExperience #Masto #CranfordTeague
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The UI is not the experience. It is the visible layer of a much deeper interaction. A button can be perfectly aligned, a color palette harmonious, and the micro-interactions delightful—yet the experience can still fail if the flow doesn’t match how people think, decide, or act.
The number of "clicks" is irrelevant. Design for the sequence of thought, not the sequence of screens.
#ExperienceDesign #HumanCenteredDesign #DesignForHumans #Masto #CranfordTeague
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This discipline keeps the team aligned and prevents design-by-default—where features accumulate without purpose. It also makes critiques easier: if a design doesn’t serve the outcome, it’s not a good design.
#DesignThinking #DesignStrategy #designthinking #humanbehavior #uxdesign #Masto #CranfordTeague
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This is not about turning everyone into a designer. It’s about giving them the language to ask the right questions at the right time:
- Concept stage: Who is this for? What problem are we solving?
- Wireframe stage: Does this flow match how people think?
- Development stage: Is this fast enough? Is it accessible?
- Launch stage: How will we know if it’s working?
When the team shares ownership, critiques become constructive, not combative.
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This approach makes design rationale visible, memorable, and actionable. It also builds trust—because trust is built on clarity, not on authority.
#ExperienceDesign #StorytellingInDesign #UserExperience #Masto #CranfordTeague
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This approach makes design rationale visible, memorable, and actionable. It also builds trust—because trust is built on clarity, not on authority.
#ExperienceDesign #StorytellingInDesign #UserExperience #Masto #CranfordTeague
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As the machine slices away portions of human capabilities, are we left with a kernel of humanity, an indivisible piece that can no longer be divided into parts? Or does the human disappear altogether? If we are left with something, then that uncuttable piece, a form of atomic human, would tell us something about our human spirit.
— The Atomic Human
Neil D. Lawrence
#HumanSpirit #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalHumanism #Masto #CranfordTeague
As the machine slices away portions of human capabilities, are we left with a kernel of humanity, an indivisible piece that can no longer be divided into parts? Or does the human disappear altogether? If we are left with something, then that uncuttable piece, a form of atomic human, would tell us something about our human spirit.
— The Atomic Human
Neil D. Lawrence
#HumanSpirit #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalHumanism #Masto #CranfordTeague