About
Ezra Schwartz.
I have spent three decades in UX strategy, research, and design. Moving into AI ethics, responsible AI, and AI governance was not a pivot. It is the same commitment to the person on the other side of the screen, now that the screen can make decisions of its own. Today I am a Certified AI & Algorithm Auditor.
I care most about the users that careless technology serves worst: older adults and the people who care for them.
I am 65 myself. In work meant to include older adults, that turns out to matter.
This site reflects how I work. It sets no tracking cookies, follows the responsible-AI principles I advise on, and says plainly what it does.
Books
I have written several books on experience design and prototyping. The Axure prototyping books paired tool mastery with a conviction that has outlasted the tools: prototypes are not deliverables but engines for storytelling, collaboration, validation, and testing across the whole design life cycle. From Axure in its prime to today’s AI-powered, high-fidelity workflows, the tools change; how prototypes shape design conversations does not.
My most recent book, Exploring Experience Design, introduces the field to students weighing it as a career.
Speaking
I founded and organize the Responsible AgeTech conference. The inaugural event in July 2025 ran as three regional sessions across Asia-Pacific, Europe-Africa, and the Americas, and the next is planned for 2027. I also present regularly on responsible AI and AgeTech, at industry conferences and as a guest lecturer in university classrooms.
Conference presentations
- American Society on Aging, Annual Conference (2025 and 2026)
- Net Inclusion (2026)
- Dignified Futures (2026)
University guest lectures
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Massachusetts Boston
Inspiration
A book that shapes how I think about this work, and two conversations where I talk it through. Both play here, so you do not have to leave.
An influence
The Last Human Job, Allison Pugh
Her idea of connective labor, the empathy, presence, and mutual recognition between a caregiver and the person they care for, sits at the center of how I approach AgeTech. The aim is to help AI-driven products carry that connection, not automate it away.
Find the book at Princeton University Press
Watch
A conversation on UX design
On BABL AI’s Lunchtime BABLing, hosted by Dr. Shea Brown.
We get into what UX design really is, intuitive, accessible, and human-centered, and why it is central to managing the risks of AI.
Loads from YouTube when you press play.
Listen
Age Tech and AI
On a2a: the art 2 aging, a podcast about thriving after sixty, with Chris Henry and Dave Grein.
We talk about where AI is entering the products older adults use, and how to keep that development responsible, inclusive, and grounded in dignity.
Streams from the publisher when you press play. Open on Substack.
Tell me about the product you are building or the decision in front of you, and I will tell you plainly whether and how I can help.
or email ezra@artandtech.com
Booking opens Calendly’s scheduler here, along with its cookies. Chicago time (CT).