Alex Reyes

Artificial intelligence is becoming remarkably good at recognizing patterns, predicting behavior, and generating content. But while building The Last Human Memory, an immersive AI installation that listens to people, interprets emotions, generates evolving visual identities, and builds a collective digital memory, Alex encountered a surprising challenge. The better the AI became at identifying patterns, the more fascinating people became when they broke them.

This talk is not about AI as a technology showcase. It is about the product design lessons that emerged from building an experience where humans interact with AI in real time. Alex shares practical insights into designing systems that combine large language models, generative visuals, memory, real-time interaction, and emotional interpretation, while also discussing the limitations of current AI systems when faced with ambiguity, contradiction, and human unpredictability.

Ultimately, this project led him to rethink a fundamental question: perhaps the future of AI products will not be defined only by how accurately they predict us, but by how they help us better understand ourselves.