Harnessing the Power of AI for Design Research

Explore how AI-driven insights and analytics can enhance your research abilities on your next product development project.

M3 Design

June 23 ^rd 2023 | 1 min read

Technology evolves at breakneck speed. AI, once just a flicker in the eye of science fiction writers, has rapidly evolved into a useful tool an average individual can leverage with ease. Its soaring popularity has sparked a diverse range of opinions, ranging from excitement about its potential to enhance work processes to apprehension about its immense power.

As forward-thinking product designers, we recognize that AI’s impact extends beyond image-generating tools like Dall-E; it encompasses the realm of AI language models as well. Curiosity piqued, we embarked on a journey to explore how ChatGPT, an AI language model, could revolutionize our design process. Our goal? To uncover its potential benefits and limitations, integrating it seamlessly into our toolbox.

Interested in what we discovered? Access the results of our experiment below.

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