Dec 5 2024
On December 4 Roger F. Malina gave a keynote speech at the Design Intelligence Awards: https://en.di-award.org/ . The title of the talk was: DESIGN INTELLIGENCE IN EMERGENT SURREALITIES. The ppt is available at:
The presentation argues that we are in a period of unprecedented problematic emergence; the COVID-19 pandemic is an exemplar that provoked many unexpected changes in our systems. Emergence in complex systems can be physical, biological, chemical, psychological, and social or their combinations.
Specific coming emergences include our legal systems. Until now, the legal system was modified periodically to stay up to date. However, now, all evidence is no longer provided by humans but by digital devices, including Artificial Intelligence. Amendments to the law will not suffice; transition design methods will be necessary.
Another example includes radical changes in age demographics, with increasing numbers of retired people able to work online due to online communication and collaboration; a new Republic of Letters is predicted.