Designing Conversational agents for a more-than-human world
Explored AI misunderstandings through Conversation Starters, using the metaphor of growing to highlight failures as a way to reveal AI's limitations and foster trust
OVERVIEW
At TU Delft, with a team of researchers, we explored alternative ways of interacting with conversational agents, questioning how people and agents co-shape everyday (mis)understandings of intelligence. Our focus: moving beyond human-centered design to imagine AI that fosters sharing, experimenting, caring, and repairing.
PROCESS
We used a variety of design research methods such as thing ethnography, AI metaphors and agent conversations. Inspired by the metaphor of growing things, the project looked at how AI could be more responsible and situated in the ecosystems it exists within.
ROLE
Research, Ideation and Conceptualisation, Presentation
Conducted research on alternative ways to engage with AI through conversational agents.
Created interactive experiences showcased at Dutch Design Week ’22-inviting visitors to engage with AI differently.
Published at CHI ’23, offering new perspectives on designing AI that embraces its relationships with humans, other species, and ecosystems.
Research, Ideation and Conceptualisation, Presentation
OUTCOME
Visitors interacting with the conversation starters
Imagining the Conversation starters in daily life situations