Malleable software and human agency with Geoffrey Litt

Geoffrey Litt is a design engineer at Notion working on malleable software: computing environments where anyone can adapt their software to meet their needs and their lives. Before joining Notion, he was a researcher at the independent lab, ⁠Ink & Switch⁠, where he explored the future of computing. He did his PhD at MIT on programming interfaces. Most of his work circles around a very simple but powerful question: how can everyday people shape the software they use like clay so that humans can have more power and agency in the world? In this conversation, Geoffrey and Kanjun discuss: Technical, economic, and infrastructural barriers to malleable software Inventing new UI components for the AI age Improving agent-human collaboration How AI affects the creative process ...and more! Full transcript: https://imbueai.substack.com/p/geoffr... Generally Intelligent is a podcast by ⁠⁠Imbue⁠⁠, an independent research company developing a better way to build personal software. Our mission is to empower humans in the age of AI by creating powerful computing tools controlled by individuals. Website: ⁠⁠https://imbue.com/⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠https://imbueai.substack.com/⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠  / ⁠⁠   X: ⁠⁠@imbue_ai⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/imbue-ai.bsk... YouTube: ⁠⁠   / @imbue_ai