Artificial Design Fiction: Using AI as a Material for Pastiche Scenarios

Mark Blythe

doi:10.1145/3616961.3616987

Artificial Design Fiction: Using AI as a Material for Pastiche Scenarios

Mark Blythe

Design Department

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

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 HCI and design fiction. ChatGPT and text to image generators are then used to create critical and speculative pastiche scenarios drawing on existing styles and characters. The paper contrasts the AI pastiches with design fictions by academics and novelists. Although unedited AI output is likely to be formulaic it is argued that this material can be shaped into more interesting design fiction through critical prompting.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mindtrek '23: Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference
Subtitle of host publication	October 03–06, 2023, Tampere, Finland
Place of Publication	New York, NY, United States
Publisher	ACM
Pages	195–206
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400708749
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616987
Publication status	Published - 3 Oct 2023

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Artificial Design Fiction: Using AI as a Material for Pastiche Scenarios. / Blythe, Mark.
Mindtrek '23: Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference: October 03–06, 2023, Tampere, Finland. New York, NY, United States: ACM, 2023. p. 195–206.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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