Building with AI without losing our values
AI is here to stay – hype, copyright theft, data worker mistreatment, environmental harm, and all.
If you care about people and the planet but also need to understand new tech, what can you do? I’ll recommend a middle ground – using AI in features and workflows without compromising our values.
Combining my own experience with insights from our original research with hundreds of global developers, I’ll share examples of how to use this tech with care.
Who is this talk for?
Anyone using AI as part of their workflow to build tech products – designers, product managers, and developers.
This talk is also for people from the IC to the people management level – I’ll include things that people at all levels can think about when using AI.
What will attendees take away?
A call to action to get up to speed on AI, especially if you’re wary of it
Tips for how to build AI-enabled products in a way that maintains our values
Tips for how to use AI in your workflow in a way that maintains our values
Lauren Peate is CEO and founder of Multitudes, which provides nudges to improve engineering delivery.
She’s focused her career on using data to support people, including as the founder of Ally Skills NZ, a consultancy helping global tech companies improve team performance and culture, and as a consultant for Bain & Co in San Francisco, working with Fortune 500 tech companies.
She’s spoken at MSR/ICSE, GOTO/YOW! Tech Leaders Summit, DataWeek, DevNxt, DataEngBytes, and more.
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