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Signs of the Time: Making AI Legible

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Publication date12/08/2020
Host publicationProceedings of Design Research Society Conference 2020: DRS 2020
Number of pages18
<mark>Original language</mark>English
EventThe Design Research Society 2020 International Conference : SYNERGY - Online, Brisbane, Australia
Duration: 11/08/202014/08/2020
http://drs2020.org

Conference

ConferenceThe Design Research Society 2020 International Conference
Abbreviated titleDRS2020
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane
Period11/08/2014/08/20
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Conference

ConferenceThe Design Research Society 2020 International Conference
Abbreviated titleDRS2020
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane
Period11/08/2014/08/20
Internet address

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming widespread. There are many benefits associated with AI, but it’s adoption brings challenges relating to fairness, bias, and transparency. Such issues are particularly hard to address because conventions that highlight when an AI is present, how it works, and the consequences of using are not yet established: AI has a legibility problem. Design-led research can play a key role in exploring this challenge. Applying Research through Design (RtD) this paper explores AI legibility in three ways: (1) explaining why it makes sense to address AI legibility with design; (2) the presentation of prototypical icons designed to enhance AI legibility; (3) experimenting with how the icons may be used in the context of signage relating to potential applications of AI. Via these three lenses the paper argues that design’s role in improving AI legibility is critical.