CHI Paper MOC

Last updated Sep 11, 2023

• Basically like my thesis (See Atlas/Projects/Thesis) but with a different methodology
  • Thesis: researches creates AI art
  • CHI Paper: participants create AI art
• Goal: Full paper submission to CHI 25? and/or WIP paper submission to CHI 24

• One Week in the Future: Previs Design Futuring for HCI Research
• Human Enough: A Space for Reconstructions of AI visions in Speculative Climate Futures
• Designing for Narrative Influence:: Speculative Storytelling for Social Good in Times of Public Health and Climate Crises
• Poetics of Future Work: Blending Speculative Design with Artistic Methodology
• Articulating (Uncertain) AI Futures of Artistic Practice: A Speculative Design and Manifesto Sprint Approach

• Workshop where participants create AI art based on the following prompt: “Imagine a day in the life in 2040 for the Filipino”?
  • base idea…you’re essentially exploring the use of AI tools to envision the future…how does the AI influence their perceptions?
• Must educate participants beforehand (e.g. how to write good prompts)
• maybe involve not just have them do AI art, but AI writing as well

• Logistics of running a workshop or a sprint, especially in a remote setting
• tackling AI in an ethical way?

• better if participants write the prompts kasi
• kailangan mo igeneralize…don’t evaluate usability of chatgpt….evaluating usecases of AI tools for this context (envisioning the futures)
• Pros and Cons
  • sprint: prepared paper methodology, defined na
  • workshop: faster
  • diary study:
  • ^ kailangan ng justification, prepared
  • ^ write research protocol, expected outputs, present possibilities to Jordan
    • define participants and their background…should they have experience?
    • get at least 5 participants…masyadong marami na ang 10
• Ethical Limitations
  • participant recruitment: consent, recruitment
  • no problem with AI
  • ^ you can make this part of the workshop, their perception on AI…dapat related siya sa main topic
• based on the results of the workshop…this is what we think…and this is how it relates to greater literature
• identify positioning of paper and how it contributes to the greater literature
  • HCI contributions: empirical, artifact
• expected outputs:
  • prompts won’t be very valuable
  • “how do they envision the future”?
  • now that we have AI genertation tools, what future do they see based on the tools?
• another consideration: technical set-up
  • set up discord server for the participants, connected to Richard’s computer, Midjourney
    • just use one discord account, and send multiple prompts (for video)
  • issue: Stable Diffusion is pretty resource intensive
  • Dall-E: not good quality
• “what if we use generative AI tools to enhance the D&D storytelling experience?”
• take exact same 1 week into the future workshop….
  • don’t draw…generate with AI tools
  • if you follow structure, you can ask them to generate multiple images
• do workshop parts in FigJam open session or Miro
• Timelines
  • If you want to aim for CHI 24: late breaking work (like preprints or posters) January 25, 2024
    • pwede siyang remote
    • considered semi-archival, which means you can reuse your paper in the next CHI (if you’re going to make it a full paper)
  • you need to have not just research done, but also have the paper written
    • paper length: 8 pages long, excluding references, double column format
  • You should be done with the workshop by October
    • you can do this within the next 2 months, just figure out logistics
    • Recommendation: Do it ASAP! by middle of first semester
    • email Maam Nikki so that you can get clearance pa
      • CHI paper is small part of thesis (the research part), you have to ask for permission on this
      • the rest of the process is the thesis na your creative work
• make research participants background more specific
  • “They self-identify…”
  • how many years of experience?
  • for students, they should probably come from specific majors
  • pre-filter survey

• Figure out research protocol, explore other concepts (e.g. sprint), then send feedback to Jordan

  • ask about sensemaking
  • talk 1-2 sentences about the intersection’s results
  • you can start interviewing experts

• Once it’s clear, execute, then observe

  • You need at least 2-3 hours for the workshop
  • think about compensation
    • or explicitly state that it will be voluntary

• Write your research questions

  • this will be part of your contributions

• Write email to Ma’am Nikki talking about collaboration and asking for meeting / Zoom call

  • Ask Jordan + Richard to check before sending

• Write about desired research protocol, put in presentation and ask for feedback from Jordan

• Write out your research questions

Title of Project: Keywords: Generative AI, Design Futuring, Speculative Design,

• Rationale
  • Provides the justification or reasoning behind the research project. Explains why the study is necessary and why the research question or problem is worth investigating.
  • Discuss the background context of the research, including any gaps in current knowledge or literature, potential practical implications, and the significance of the research problem.
• Objectives
  • Outline the specific goals or outcomes the researcher aims to achieve through the research project. They define what the study intends to accomplish.
  • Clear, concise statements that describe the expected results or milestones of the research. They may include specific research questions, hypotheses, or tasks.

1. In what ways does AI support the generation of ideas for an utopian future for youth in developing countries?
2. What are utopian and dystopian futures typically imagined by youth in developing countries, and what role does technology play in these?
3. How might design fictions as a method of futuring elicit new ideas that speak to concepts of a utopian reality for youth in developing countries?

Notes:

• maybe replace AI with AI art generators? unless ChatGPT will also be used

• AI Art generators make the process of design futuring easier and more efficient
• Imagined futures are deemed “utopian” or “dystopian” depending on the accessibility and impact of technology in these scenarios
• Design methods as a method of futuring can foster critical thinking and imagination

• No AI tool v.s. with AI tool?
  • best tested out in a group setting, like a workshop. creating design fictions w/ ai v.s. w/o
• w/ design fiction v.s. w/o design fiction
  • pre-study and post-study, measure level of critical thinking and imagination? but how

• RQ 1
  • Independent variable: Use of AI-driven idea generation tools
  • Dependent variable: the amount of creative support a user feels during the design futuring process
• RQ 2
  • Independent variable: Imagined/elicited futures from participants
  • Dependent variable: Role of technology in the scenarios? Or perceptions regarding role of technology?
• RQ 3
  • Independent variable: Use of design fictions as a futuring method
  • Dependent variable: Critical thinking and imagination?
• Others
  • Participant demographics: Collect demographic information about your study participants, such as age, gender, educational background, and experience with technology.
  • Cultural context: Consider the cultural context of participants and how it may influence their responses and perceptions.

to see how were gonna do the studies/workshops.

• Empirical
  • The utility of AI art generators in the design futuring process
  • Findings on how much design fictions can foster critical thinking and imagination?
  • Elicited futures from youth in developing countries
• Artifact
  • Workbook (a novel system)
  • Website gallery of participants’ design fiction outputs (if this counts as novel designs)
• Methodological
  • reevaluating design sprint method of Ivanov et. al (One Week into the Future)
  • introducing a “reflective” component based on method from Harrington & Dilahunt (Eliciting Tech Futures from…)

• Only one participant will be recruited for this pilot study.
• The goal of this pilot study
  • Evaluating the impact of introducing a “reflective” component into Ivanov et. al’s design sprint method
  • Evaluating the results of using AI art generators for design futuring
• The participant will undergo a 5 day sprint wherein they will do the following:
  • Get introduced to design futuring + Stable Diffusion
  • Envision utopian and dystopian futures through co-designed? speculative design fictions
  • Produce concept sketches, storyboards, and comics that examine the implications of these futures

• Qualitative instruments:
  • 1:1 Interview
  • Content + thematic analysis
• Quantitative instruments:
  • Creativity Support Index
    • Mixed-Initiative Creativity Support Index: MICSI rates co-creative systems along experiential axes relevant to AI co-creation. We administer MICSI and a short qualitative interview to users who engaged with the Reframer variants on two distinct creative tasks.
  • Can be collected through VideoAsk platform

• Assessing effects and potential benefits will be done in a further and larger user study.

• Design workbook

• Create educational content for VideoAsk

• To read (for background and current approaches):

  • Human-AI Co-creation: Evaluating the Impact of Large-Scale Text-to-Image Generative Models on the Creative Process
  • A Poetics of Potential Form: The Role of Architectural Creative Writing in Augmented Visual Imagination (AVI)
  • Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts

• https://www.figma.com/community/file/1074773789352934150/Comics-in-Figma
• https://www.figma.com/community/file/1228326072903106794/AI-Comic-A-Day
• To request:
  • https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3591196.3596616 (background and current approaches)
  • https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3581641.3584095 (instrument)
  • https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3596925 (background and current approaches)
  • https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3591196.3596819