Llewyn Paine
Strategy Consultant
Dr. Llewyn Paine is an AI consultant and product strategist with over 15 years’ experience in emerging tech innovation–from intelligent agents and physical AI at Microsoft, to experimental media for Disney. She was the curator of Rosenfeld Media’s 2025 Designing with AI conference and has spoken on responsible AI for research at the Library of Congress and other leading institutions. Her best-selling workshops have been called a “voice of reason check on AI hype”–helping product leaders and teams make defensible, strategic decisions about AI.
Rosenverse talks by Llewyn:
" It can seem like all the AI UX authorities are trying to sell you something without real skin in the game. "
Day 1 Using AI in UX with Impact
June 10, 2025
" Right now, there’s a fear of being replaced by AI, and while a lot of that’s overblown, researchers have a legitimate reason to feel uncomfortable. "
Coexisting with AI: A practical guide for researchers to navigate tools, ethics, and integration
March 11, 2025
" I never talk about the business and the business value, there are people making decisions you should understand. "
Theme Panel
March 11, 2025
" The greatest scientific breakthroughs tend to come from edge cases, which AI tends to ignore. "
AI: Passionate defenses and reasoned critique [Advancing Research Community Workshop Series]
September 18, 2024
" Ultimately, AI avatar tools offer UX teams options to keep recordings while meeting legal compliance. "
[Demo] Deploying AI doppelgangers to de-identify user research recordings
June 5, 2024