In the latest episode of the Rosenfeld Review, Lou sits down with old friend Peter van Dijck, author of Information Architecture for Designers: Structuring Websites for Business Success, one of the first books ever written on Information Architecture. Peter is now a partner of Simply Put, a Colombian company that builds and designs useful AI Agents—including the soon-to-launch Rosenbot!
Peter offers insight into the world of AI. Having been one of the first to speak about IA, it is fascinating to hear what he now has to say about AI. Join Lou and Peter as they take you through the journey where language itself is transforming from design to technology.
What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
- An introduction to the Rosenbot, an AI bot that Peter’s company is developing for Rosenfeld Media
- Some basic vocabulary for speaking about AI and ML so you “don’t feel like an idiot”
- Mind-blowing truths about the potential of Generative AI’s language capabilities
- How writing has transformed from a design to a technology and learn what that means for how we interact with the data
- About the importance of highly curated information when training bots and the tricky balance that comes when you want to present less polished sources like unedited conversations
- The importance of the human side of things
- The biggest surprise that has come from working in the industry
Quick Reference Guide
[0:15] – Lou’s introduction of Peter Van Dijck
[3:00] – AI on a basic level
[4:59] – Generative AI’s language capabilities
[18:08] – How we interact with metadata and writing as a technology
[20:00] – How real-use cases make technology more exciting and instantaneous
[22:19] – Information about the new Designing With AI Conference
[23:33] – Some of the jargon around AI and IA
[24:16] – Introduction to Lou’s Chat Bot, the Rosen Bot
[24:39] – The importance of training bots on highly curated information
[28:34] – The tricky balance of curated and less polished content
[30:26] – The human side of things
[31:55] – Different interaction models
[37:58] – The biggest surprise working in the industry
[38:30] – A Gift For You
