In this talk, Molly speaks about design and artificial intelligence. More specifically, what can AI learn from design, and what can design reveal about what goes on within AI.

Molly Wright Steenson is a designer, writer, and speaker, and an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Design. Her work focuses on the intersection of design, architecture, and artificial intelligence. She is the author of the forthcoming book Architectural Intelligence: How Designers and Architects Created the Digital Landscape (MIT Press, Fall 2017), which tells the radical history of AI’s impact on design and architecture and how it poured the foundation for contemporary digital design. A web pioneer since 1994, she’s worked at groundbreaking design studios, consultancies, and Fortune 500 companies. Dr. Steenson holds a PhD in architecture from Princeton University and a master’s in architectural history from Yale.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx