Watching Myself Watching Birds

Biggs, Heidi; Bardzell, Jeffrey; Bardzell, Shaowen

doi:10.1145/3411764.3445329

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“…The design process combined methods of critical and speculative design (Ivica et al, 2021) with two more-than-human methods: thing ethnography was used to look at fermentation practices from the perspective of the bread starter. Noticing (Biggs et al, 2021;Oogjes & Wakkary, 2022) was used to get attuned to the nonhuman voices in different contexts. Ultimately, we produced scenarios and conversations, which we probed by making short videos and low-fidelity prototypes Fig.…”

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Designing More-Than-Human AI: Experiments on Situated Conversations and Silences

Nicenboim,

Giaccardi,

Redström

2023

DIID

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Every interaction with an AI-powered device invokes a vast planetary network. Operating on temporal and geographical scales that go beyond humans, Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems pose various societal and environmental challenges. These challenges encompass issues such as the extraction of both human and nonhuman resources and knowledge, and the reproduction of inequalities. To tackle these concerns, scholars in Design and Human-Computer-Interaction emphasize the urgency for designers to cultivate non-anthropocentric approaches. In the pursuit of establishing a non-anthropocentric design practice for AI, this paper adopts a more-than-human orientation in the design of conversational agents (CAs). We start by presenting a series of design experiments, including workshops, videos and performances, that shed light on the anthropocentric biases ingrained in CA interactions. These experiments unveil how CAs are designed to recognize and address only specific human voices and concerns. Building upon these insights, we introduce two outcomes that chart an alternative path -the first involves a collection of interactive prototypes for CAs that are capable of listening and responding to more-than-human "voices" while the second entails a tool to support designers in noticing more-thanhuman entanglements, in the form of a podcast. We conclude by reflecting on how the knowledge gained from our design inquiry can illuminate future design practices and contribute to AI research as a whole.

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Designing More-Than-Human AI: Experiments on Situated Conversations and Silences

Nicenboim,

Giaccardi,

Redström

2023

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“…Birdwatching is a recreational activity, defined as a specific nature tourism activity that focuses on watching the birds, either by looking directly at them [6] or by listening to their chirping sounds [7]. Birdwatching is an important component of nature-based tourism in several countries and is a part of ecotourism activities that are growing rapidly in the economic field [8].…”

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Bird community to be developed for birdwatching in Buperta Cibubur Urban Forest, Jakarta

Marcellia,

Mardiastuti,

Mulyani

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The urban forest of Buperta Cibubur as a recreational and educational site can be developed for birdwatching. This study aims to identify the bird species in four tracks (ranging from 1.9-2.9 km across the built area, open area, 2 tracks in the sparse forest, and thick forest), and provide recommendations (tracks, timing, potential species found) for birdwatching activity. Bird data was collected in March-April 2022, using the standard point count method (replicated three times), in the early morning and late afternoon, totaling 90 observation hours. There were 39 species from 25 families found in all tracks. The thick forest and the built area had the highest number of species (both 27 species). The built area also had the highest bird abundance (1098 individuals). Meanwhile, sparse forest#2 had the least species (19). Some birds were common in all tracks, including Sooty-headed Bulbul, Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker, and Small Minivet. Other attractive and rare species found in the thick forest were the Blue-eared Kingfisher and Javan Blue-flycatcher. The most effective time to conduct birdwatching is suggested at 6-7 am and 4:30-5:30 pm, especially in built areas, forests, and open area tracks. As birdwatching is relatively new in Jakarta, while Buperta has a diverse bird species in the urban area, we recommend developing a birdwatching activity in Buperta.

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“…Methodologically we build on previous experiences that have pointed at the value of design fiction [6,18] and more-than-human design [9,21] to imagine alternative interactions with technology. More-than-human design supported this project not only methodologically, as we used the methods of Thing ethnography [8], Conversations with agents [15], and Noticing [3,16], but also conceptually, as we took a posthumanist approach to Explainability of AI, acknowledging the positionality and agency of both people and AI agents in constructing situated understandings [14]. Although our prototypes draw from Biodesign aesthetically, that is not the main area that this work contributes to.…”

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Conversation Starters: How Can We Misunderstand AI Better?

Nicenboim

Venkat

Rustad

et al. 2023

Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Conversation Starters is a series of interactive prototypes that probe how to design explainable interactions with AI in everyday life. Taking a more-than-human approach, we explore how 'failures' could be transformed into opportunities for situated understandings of AI. We describe the process of designing fictional artifacts and scenarios about conversational agents that can grow at home. While overall the project suggests that misunderstandings could help people develop sensitivities for knowing when to trust AI systems, the metaphor of 'growing an AI' (which positions training as a matter of care), highlights that practices of sharing and experimenting could be valuable starting points for designing explainable and trustworthy interactions with of AI. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); HCI theory, concepts and models.

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Watching Myself Watching Birds

Cited by 62 publications

References 71 publications

Designing More-Than-Human AI: Experiments on Situated Conversations and Silences

Designing More-Than-Human AI: Experiments on Situated Conversations and Silences

Bird community to be developed for birdwatching in Buperta Cibubur Urban Forest, Jakarta

Conversation Starters: How Can We Misunderstand AI Better?

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