Comment se simplifier la vie à l'ère du numérique, dans un monde où tout, à commencer par les objets, est de plus en plus complexe ? Aller à l'essentiel, avoir de l'organisation, atténuer les pertes de temps, ne pas mésestimer les émotions, et même... faire confiance aux autres, telles sont quelques-unes des dix lois de la simplicité que le célèbre John Maeda explore dans ce petit guide malicieux et concret.
"Maeda is to design what Warren Buffett is to finance." -- Wired John Maeda is one of the world's preeminent interdisciplinary thinkers on technology and design. In How to Speak Machine , he offers a set of simple laws that govern not only the computers of today, but the unimaginable machines of the future. Technology is already more powerful than we can comprehend, and getting more powerful at an exponential pace. Once set in motion, algorithms never tire. And when a program's size, speed, and tirelessness combine with its ability to learn and transform itself, the outcome can be unpredictable and dangerous. Take the seemingly instant transformation of Microsoft's chatbot Tay into a hate-spewing racist, or how crime-predicting algorithsm reinforce racial bias. How to Speak Machine provides a coherent framework for today's product designers, business leaders, and polycmakers to grasp this brave new world. Drawing on his wide-ranging experience from engineering to computer science to design, Maeda shows how businesses and individuals can identify opportunities afforded by technology to make world-changing and inclusive products--while avoiding the pitfalls inherent to the medium.