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Feature: Human Scale AI

I2DS2 Concept Design -|- Intelligent & Intuitive Digital Services Suite

JdF -|- Jose de Francisco

Innovative creative technologist

earning clients’ hearts and minds

through human centered design

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Recent Posts

Human Scale AI Discussion @ Thinkai

Critical thinking meets interdisciplinary ingenuity in the AI era This piece shares insights from recent discussions on learning and work, drawing from lived academic and industry experiences as AI becomes increasingly capable. WHY THIS TIME THINGS FEEL DIFFERENT Dramatic tensions and more questions than answers, are increasingly shaping today’s discussions about the future of work.…

HS AI Discussion @ IA Collaborative

Advancing meaningful AI systems designed to work with and for their users. Last week, I discussed my work on Human Scale AI with the team at IA Collaborative, a global design and innovation consultancy working with Fortune 100 leaders. True to its name—Insight to Action—IA Collaborative is widely recognized for translating deep human‑centered insight into…

Human Scale AI @ VAI’s Inaugural Salon

Amazing, incredible, gritty, and thoughtful sums up what happened this past Tuesday at Benedictine University. Daniel L. Goodwin Hall of Business hosted VAI’s inaugural Vibe with AI Salon, an executive in-person gathering focusing on how AI is impacting real life while unpacking what requires human discernment and consideration. VAI has been shaped as an extension…

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