Contributors
The people and organizations whose work has shaped, extended, or built upon the AI First Principles.
Organizations
The following organizations reference or build upon the AI First Principles. Inclusion here is acknowledgment, not endorsement.
The WISER Method
A structured methodology for operationalizing AI within organizations. Built on AI First Principles, WISER provides a repeatable framework for teams navigating AI transformation.
UX Mag
Writing articles focused on AI First Principles, exploring their application to user experience design and digital product development.
OneReach.ai
Implementing AI First Principles in their platform and practice, building conversational AI and hyperautomation tools grounded in these principles.
Built something with AI First Principles? Let us know.
Individuals
Special thanks to the individuals whose contributions, ideas, efforts, and inspiration have significantly influenced the development of the AI First Principles.
Author: Age of Invisible Machines, CEO @ OneReach.ai
Author of The Pragmatic Programmer & the Manifesto for Agile
VP of Applied Deep Learning @ NVIDIA
Former Chief Decision Scientist @ Google
Co-author, Manifesto for Agile Software Development
Former NASA Administrator
AI Design Lead @ Meta
AI Editor @ MIT Sloan Management Review
Author, WISER Method, Partner @ FirstStrategy.ai
UX Lead @ Google Gemini
Author, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Tech Journalist @ CNN, New York Times
Author, The Design of Everyday Things
Author, Thinking, Fast and Slow
Chair Emeritus @ IDEO
Contributing Editor @ UX Mag
Principal Product Designer @ Slack
Head of Global Innovation @ ServiceNow
Head of AI Research, Adobe
Founder and CEO @ SingularityNET
Director Strategic Partner Relationships @ Verizon
Professor of Psycholinguistics @ Arcadia University
Author, The Lean Startup
Neuroscientist, Psychologist, Best Selling Author
Author, Weapons of Math Destruction
Technology Correspondent @ Reuters
Founder @ The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
AI Researcher @ UC Berkeley
Professor Emerita @ UC Santa Cruz
Author, Deep Learning, Research Scientist @ Google
Author, The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles
Director @ Computational Journalism Lab
Richard McElreath
Director @ Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Professor Emeritus @ Technical University of Berlin
Henry G. Bryant Professor @ Princeton University
Author, Uberland: Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work
Novartis Professor of Leadership @ Harvard Business School
Author, Learning to See
CEO @ Lean Enterprise Institute
Author, Positive Computing
Author, A History and Theory of Informed Consent
Cecilia Yen Koo Professor @ The Wharton School
Presidential Endowed Professor @ University of Minnesota
Author, Managing the Unexpected
Author, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Author, Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
Author, Empire of AI, AI Reporter @ The Atlantic