This week’s episode with Maggie Appleton is a deep dive into designing for AI products and LLMs. Maggie shares about her experience as the first designer at Elicit (an AI assistant for research papers) and all of the unique challenges surrounding helping users interface with LLMs.
We also go deep into:
How Maggie’s grown as a frontend developer
Why Maggie feels like she’s in a short-run limbo
Strategies for improving your technical literacy
How writing online has impacted Maggie’s career
The AI-native tools that Maggie is drawing inspiration from
How advancements in AI will redefine her role as a designer
How Maggie’s new understanding of LLMs is shaping the way she designs
Why Maggie is more interested in the cognitive applications of AI rather than generative AI
Maggie is currently leading design at Elicit (they’re hiring)
“How Trello is different” is where Joel Spolsky explains the differences between horizontal and vertical software