Ideas: Designing AI for people with Abigail Sellen
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My guest on this episode is Abigail Sellen, known by her friends and colleagues as Abi. A social scientist by training and an expert in human-computer interaction, Abi has a long list of accomplishments and honors, and she’s a fellow of many technical academies and societies. But today I’m talking to her in her role as distinguished scientist and lab director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK, where she oversees a diverse portfolio of research, some of which supports a new initiative centered around the big idea of AI, Cognition, and the Economy, also known as AICE. Abi Sellen. I’m so excited to talk to you today. Welcome to Ideas!
ABIGAIL SELLEN: Thanks! Me, too.
HUIZINGA: So before we get into an overview of the