Breaking down the brief, revealed our very first task: what is ‘generative ai’? as we had little to no knowledge about it. Consequently, in that very moment the brief seemed very difficult to grasp: what does it mean to be a human? are there any metaphors that come into play? how can something - an intangible concept become tangible?
basic research areas that helped us get started into understanding what AI is and its inner workings | Link to board
synthesising and analysing the research findings as a group | image: Slavi and Tanya
time lapse of sorting out the research findings into themes as a group | video: Akriti
time lapse of sorting out the research findings into themes as a group | video: Akriti
<aside> 💡 The research led us into having more questions than statements. The group conversations revolved around, does AI really need to be programmed with social skills. If yes, what would it feel like in terms of sound and feelings - their personality? If AI is generating new work from our existing work, what standards should we be holding ourselves to?
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To understand the role of ‘AI’ as a tangible entity in our lives, we conducted artefact analysis on ‘siri - voice assistant’ focusing mostly on interactivity i.e. operational and behavioural features of the artefact. How does it fit into our daily lives, how is it used, and what interactions surround its existence?
artefact analysis - the identification of level of interactivity with ‘siri’ | Link to board
conversational interaction with siri, to understand the types of responses it gives and analyse the tone of voice used
It revealed how Siri has been developed over time to have human-like conversational abilities — our interaction around it mostly revolves around asking for help for a basic set of tasks — however, when compared to Chat GPT, Siri seemed to lack advanced conversational abilities