In 2024, we said people would trade intimate knowledge of themselves for AI that makes life easier. Meta's Muse proves it. What matters now is design: whether an agent borrows your intimacy to help you, or keeps it.
As a Designer, I'm motivated by a restless curiosity about how our actions as individuals might better align with our values, especially those values that too-often "go without saying".
Your brain hallucinates constantly—and that's the job. The real question about AI was never whether it guesses wrong. It's who's the executive, and who's the sensor.
Today’s digital consent patterns might make sense if data could be used as a currency, benefiting the owner and creator. But that isn't how the internet actually operates. Perhaps a new, alternative metaphor might make more sense: data as an "impression”.
