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I wrote a provocation, which is meant to provoke you, for the ACM Designing Interactive Systems #DIS2020 conference in Eindhoven, this July. Here& #39;s a short thread on what I am & #39;provoking& #39;
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Ps: Here& #39;s the preprint download:
http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.05019 ">https://arxiv.org/abs/2005....
![I wrote a provocation, which is meant to provoke you, for the ACM Designing Interactive Systems #DIS2020 conference in Eindhoven, this July. Here& #39;s a short thread on what I am & #39;provoking& #39;[thread]Ps: Here& #39;s the preprint download: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005....](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EX0-vvYWoAIgkxh.jpg "I wrote a provocation, which is meant to provoke you, for the ACM Designing Interactive Systems #DIS2020 conference in Eindhoven, this July. Here& #39;s a short thread on what I am & #39;provoking& #39;[thread]Ps: Here& #39;s the preprint download: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005....")
![I wrote a provocation, which is meant to provoke you, for the ACM Designing Interactive Systems #DIS2020 conference in Eindhoven, this July. Here& #39;s a short thread on what I am & #39;provoking& #39;[thread]Ps: Here& #39;s the preprint download: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005....](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EX0-yXQWAAcYptx.jpg "I wrote a provocation, which is meant to provoke you, for the ACM Designing Interactive Systems #DIS2020 conference in Eindhoven, this July. Here& #39;s a short thread on what I am & #39;provoking& #39;[thread]Ps: Here& #39;s the preprint download: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005....")
![I wrote a provocation, which is meant to provoke you, for the ACM Designing Interactive Systems #DIS2020 conference in Eindhoven, this July. Here& #39;s a short thread on what I am & #39;provoking& #39;[thread]Ps: Here& #39;s the preprint download: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005....](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EX0-ycVXYAkYHjS.jpg "I wrote a provocation, which is meant to provoke you, for the ACM Designing Interactive Systems #DIS2020 conference in Eindhoven, this July. Here& #39;s a short thread on what I am & #39;provoking& #39;[thread]Ps: Here& #39;s the preprint download: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005....")
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Ps: Here& #39;s the preprint download:
http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.05019 ">https://arxiv.org/abs/2005....
I start by acknowledging the value of "post-human" thinking, to overcome the traditional Humanist & #39;domination of everything else& #39; model of human being. Given the
global challenges it seems long due we
reconsider our proper place on planet earth./1
global challenges it seems long due we
reconsider our proper place on planet earth./1
But I see a risk when AI and posthuman get together in design. Post-human design will not prevent, and may even
obscure, the fact that AI technology imports a
traditional, humanist form of logic, which then influences how we design ‘smart’ or ‘intelligent’ objects./2
obscure, the fact that AI technology imports a
traditional, humanist form of logic, which then influences how we design ‘smart’ or ‘intelligent’ objects./2
My position is: Smart objects remain things that
humans think with’, not: ‘thinking things’. /3
humans think with’, not: ‘thinking things’. /3
The idea that objects can have
a life of their own, ‘autonomously’ sensing and
cooperate with humans, is false. It can be a useful design metaphor, but be aware it is essentially a *humanist* conception *of humans* that we are simulating in a machine. A double error, so to say./4
a life of their own, ‘autonomously’ sensing and
cooperate with humans, is false. It can be a useful design metaphor, but be aware it is essentially a *humanist* conception *of humans* that we are simulating in a machine. A double error, so to say./4
An enactive embodied account of human being would in fact allow to throw away a lot of unwanted Humanist bathwater, while still retaining a human – that is, an embodied, situated and ecologically sustainable human - baby. /4
Designing robots as & #39;other thinking agents& #39; may seem harmless (and fun) but it can actually be ethically problematic. Thus we may be tempted to see
Roomba the vacuumcleaner as a rudimentary “Sophia”
– the famous humanoid, a thinking social agent,
some-one (not some-thing)/5
Roomba the vacuumcleaner as a rudimentary “Sophia”
– the famous humanoid, a thinking social agent,
some-one (not some-thing)/5
Instead, Roomba is really a sensorial extension of humans: Mind you, not of the household members, but of data scientists in commercial companies that gather data from consumers. Roomba is not R2D2, but James
Bond’s spy-camera in his ballpoint pen./6
See https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1217800297818546176?s=20">https://twitter.com/Abebab/st...
Bond’s spy-camera in his ballpoint pen./6
See https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1217800297818546176?s=20">https://twitter.com/Abebab/st...
My position could be a cautious, critical form of post-humanism: Don& #39;t humanize robots.
Or, a ‘Humanism 2.0’: Design
concerns are still human concerns, even if
being human means: a fully embodied and situated being, living in harmony with the larger ecosystem called earth. /7
Or, a ‘Humanism 2.0’: Design
concerns are still human concerns, even if
being human means: a fully embodied and situated being, living in harmony with the larger ecosystem called earth. /7
