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Research · 2025 – 2026 · Lead Researcher

Human–AI Interaction in Product Design

MIMS capstone researching how product teams across Silicon Valley manage creative intent — and taste — when building with AI coding tools.

Silicon Valley
Field study

My Berkeley MIMS capstone investigates a question every product team is now living: when creative intent passes through AI “vibecoding” tools, where does the translation break — and how should development workflows change to keep human taste in the loop?

  • Studied product teams across Silicon Valley corporations to map where intent-to-output fidelity degrades.
  • Applied mixed-methods research to surface concrete failure points in AI-assisted product development.
  • Translated findings into recommendations for improving AI-assisted design and engineering workflows.
HCI Vibecoding Qualitative research Capstone