How Can We Expand Unintended Outcomes in Participatory Design?

Tojo, Naoya; Yoshida, Haruka; Oto, Tomoko; Niida, Sumaru

doi:10.1145/3537797.3537873

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“…For example, researchers have found that unrepresentative participant sampling may lead to the creation of non-generalizable technologies that amplify existing inequities [75,103]. Similarly, to prevent further social inequity in technology, we also propose the use of participatory and co-design methods, which have been shown to more equitably and effectively inform technologies by directly identifying user needs [117,125].…”

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“That’s important, but...”: How Computer Science Researchers Anticipate Unintended Consequences of Their Research Innovations

Pang

Jiang

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Computer science research has led to many breakthrough innovations but has also been scrutinized for enabling technology that has negative, unintended consequences for society. Given the increasing discussions of ethics in the news and among researchers, we interviewed 20 researchers in various CS sub-disciplines to identify whether and how they consider potential unintended consequences of their research innovations. We show that considering unintended consequences is generally seen as important but rarely practiced. Principal barriers are a lack of formal process and strategy as well as the academic practice that prioritizes fast progress and publications. Drawing on these findings, we discuss approaches to support researchers in routinely considering unintended consequences, from bringing diverse perspectives through community participation to increasing incentives to investigate potential consequences. We intend for our work to pave the way for routine explorations of the societal implications of technological innovations before, during, and after the research process. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → HCI theory, concepts and models.

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