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AI Prototyping
AI prototyping is not faster mockups. It is a new learning system. Build working artifacts to compress the distance between hypothesis and evidence. Prototype only to answer a decision.
Core thesis
AI prototyping is not faster mockups. It is a new learning system. Working software is now a decision artifact. Build working artifacts to compress the distance between hypothesis and evidence.
Prototype type selector
Match the type to the decision
Concept prototype, Design prototype, Research prototype, Technical prototype.
- Concept: which direction deserves more work?
- Design: what experience do we mean?
- Research: do users understand, want, or can use it?
- Technical: does the hard thing work?
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