Crafting your AI play(book)
summary
Argues that framing product work as play actually changes outcomes, showing concrete builds: a brevity and tone dial inside Figma Slides that reduces choice paralysis, FigJam-to-slides conversion that produces serendipitous headlines, a hackathon prototype that becomes a shipped product, and a prompt-to-code prototype in hours used to generate a lineup web app and tiny games—all demonstrating that constraints, quick prototypes, and specific tools materially speed iteration and teach new usage patterns.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Welcome to AI play
- 2:14Play for creativity
- 6:05AI interfaces with constraints
- 9:59Serendipity in AI tools
- 12:03AI in product development
- 14:31Building with AI first
- 19:26AI tools for human intent
- 22:15Sharing AI creations
- 23:41Six tips for AI playbook
- 24:04Future of AI
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