AI Playbook on Design Thinking

Not many are aware that both Artificial Intelligence and Design Thinking could be traced back to the pioneering work of the Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon. In 1956, Simon, along with Allan Newell and Cliff Shaw, developed Logic Theorist, the first AI computer program. In his 1969 book, The Science of the Artificial, Simon formally introduced the concept of AI and proposed how problems are solved in the real world, and the role of heuristics (rules of thumb). In the same treatise, he laid the foundation of Design Thinking, stating: ‘Everyone designs who devices course of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.’