Most software programs are designed to operate like video game bosses. What if we designed software to celebrate human agency? — Who tells you what to cook for dinner? Who tells you what to get your sister for the holidays? Who tells you what to buy on Instagram? Who tells you what jobs to apply for? Who tells you how to vote, and what to believe? It’s frightening. We are beginning…

Human creativity needs ambiguity to function, and is a powerful force in the world. What if computing and AI design took that into account? — by Zhenzhen Qi & Yang Wang As technologists and artists in new media (that strange place where words, imagery, meaning and new tech collide), we design, build, and test software experiences and products that center the deep creative impulse of humanity, because we are interested in the power of that…