AI as a Design Material: Dealing with new agencies

Abstract

<jats:p>As Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, and other technologies become widespread they could be seen as new materials for design. But what are the special traits of these materials? How should design incorporate them in its practices? How does it change design research? HCI? UX? What are their ethical implications?</jats:p>

A critical reflection on the treatment of AI system’s 'agency' in the (Spanish) media

“…La noción de agencia, entendida en un sentido fuerte, indica la autonomía de un agente para definir, perseguir y conseguir sus propios objetivos [21]. Seguramente alguna vez hemos oído a algún conductor (o a nosotros mismos) exclamar "¿por qué ese BMW se cruza así a 160 km/h?".…”