Hilary HayesGoogle DeepMind Gemini fails this basic Heuristics testEarlier today, Google DeepMind released demos of their upcoming model: Gemini. Netizens have been aflutter about the multimodal reasoning…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023
Hilary HayesAI won’t take your job.The snide “AI won’t take your job, someone using AI will take your job” have turned into “The first job that AI took was Sam Altman’s” but…Nov 20, 2023Nov 20, 2023
Hilary HayesThe Minimum Viable Language ModelConsider the delta between how Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa features were communicated: Alexa’s value prop was setting timers, playing…Oct 20, 2023Oct 20, 2023
Hilary HayesThe Next 200 DaysThree years ago today I was on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, on my honeymoon with my husband. It was just the two of us. A few days in…Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020
Hilary Hayes2020 Voice Forecast: Wake ConditionsConversation designers carefully craft voice interactions to feel as natural as possible, yet we’re still tied to the feasibility…Jan 10, 20201Jan 10, 20201
Hilary HayesThis Is What A Voice Experience Looks LikeToday, UX and UI designers can download asset packs to modularly build interfaces that are almost immediately recognizable, because of…Dec 4, 20193Dec 4, 20193
Hilary HayesinConnectedPsychological Safety in ResearchI live every day with generalized anxiety and clinical depression. This makes establishing and reinforcing psychological safety critical…Nov 12, 20191Nov 12, 20191
Hilary HayesinConnectedHow Tech Can ‘Venture Out’ to be Inclusive to LGBTQ+ CommunityDiversity in tech gets a boost in Toronto with LGBTQ+ Venture Out ConferenceMar 27, 2019Mar 27, 2019
Hilary HayesHow Spatial Computing Can Stop Shooting Itself In The FootVR, AR, XR, Mixed Reality—call it what you want— will fail unless we stop repeating this blunderJan 8, 2019Jan 8, 2019
