Designs on transcendence: sketches of a TX machine

M Blythe, E Buie - Foundations and Trends® in Human …, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
Despite the vast number of people who use technology as a part of their spiritual practice,
there is little research on the subject in studies of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) …

Evaluating design fiction: The right tool for the job

EPS Baumer, M Blythe, TJ Tanenbaum - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Design fiction has become so widely adopted that it regularly appears in contexts ranging
from CEO speeches to dedicated tracks at academic conferences. However, evaluating this …

Technology futures: Towards understanding how to design awe-inspiring futures

F Mueller, MG Petersen, Z Li - International Journal of Human-Computer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Future technology can inspire “awe”, the deep feeling of astonishment that can include fear,
resulting in often “awe-some” but sometimes also “aw (e)-ful” experiences. We are interested …

Guiding principles for participatory design-inspired natural language processing

T Caselli, R Cibin, C Conforti, E Encinas… - Proceedings of the 1st …, 2021 - research.rug.nl
We introduce 9 guiding principles 1 to integrate Participatory Design (PD) methods in the
development of Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems. The adoption of PD methods …

Artificial design fiction: Using ai as a material for pastiche scenarios

M Blythe - Proceedings of the 26th International Academic …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
This paper considers the use of AI to generate material for design fiction. It takes climate
change an example topic and briefly sketches related literature in climate fiction, sustainable …

“Are we now post-COVID?”: Exploring post-COVID futures through a gamified story completion method

GM Troiano, M Wood, MF Sonbudak… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
COVID-19 has heavily impacted our lives. To date, the ongoing pandemic continues to
cause dramatic societal changes and raises shared sentiments of uncertainty for our future …

Collectively sharing people's visual and auditory capabilities: exploring opportunities and pitfalls

R Kimura, T Nakajima - SN Computer Science, 2020 - Springer
The sharing economy, virtualizing the peer-to-peer-based sharing of physical or logical
resources such as cars, houses or people's spare time with digital technologies, has recently …

Speculative and critical design in education: Practice and perspectives

I Helgason, M Smyth, E Encinas, I Mitrović - Companion publication of …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
This full-day, interdisciplinary workshop will address the use of Speculative and Critical
Design (SCD), Design Fiction, and related practices, including those that use provocation …

Science fiction—an untapped opportunity in HCI research and education

P Jordan, PA Silva - International Conference on Human-Computer …, 2021 - Springer
This work open up a conversation about the opportunities that Science Fiction offers to
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Design research. In doing so, first, it briefly …

Metaprobes, metaphysical workshops and sketchy philosophy

E Encinas, AC Durrant, R Mitchell… - Proceedings of the 2020 …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The intersection of philosophy and HCI is a longstanding site of interest for the field that has
been attracting special attention in recent years. In this paper, we present metaphysical …