TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring machine autonomy and provenance data in coffee consumption
T2 - A field study of bitbarista
AU - Tallyn, Ella
AU - Pschetz, Larissa
AU - Gianni, Rory
AU - Speed, Chris
AU - Elsden, Chris
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - Technologies such as distributed ledgers and smart contracts are enabling the emergence of new autonomous systems, and providing enhanced systems to track the provenance of goods. A growing body of work in HCI is exploring the novel challenges of these systems, but there has been little attention paid to their impact on everyday activities. This paper presents a study carried out in 3 office environments for a 1-month period, which explored the impact of an autonomous coffee machine on the everyday activity of coffee consumption. The Bitbarista mediates coffee consumption through autonomous processes, presenting provenance data at the time of purchase while attempting to reduce intermediaries in the coffee trade. Through the report of interactions with and around the Bitbarista, we explore its implications for everyday life, and wider social structures and values. We conclude by offering recommendations for the design of community shared autonomous systems.
AB - Technologies such as distributed ledgers and smart contracts are enabling the emergence of new autonomous systems, and providing enhanced systems to track the provenance of goods. A growing body of work in HCI is exploring the novel challenges of these systems, but there has been little attention paid to their impact on everyday activities. This paper presents a study carried out in 3 office environments for a 1-month period, which explored the impact of an autonomous coffee machine on the everyday activity of coffee consumption. The Bitbarista mediates coffee consumption through autonomous processes, presenting provenance data at the time of purchase while attempting to reduce intermediaries in the coffee trade. Through the report of interactions with and around the Bitbarista, we explore its implications for everyday life, and wider social structures and values. We conclude by offering recommendations for the design of community shared autonomous systems.
KW - Distributed autonomous systems
KW - Distributed ledger technologies
KW - Heteromation
KW - Blockchain
KW - Provenance
KW - Supply chains
U2 - 10.1145/3274439
DO - 10.1145/3274439
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066421172
VL - 2
JO - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
JF - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
SN - 2573-0142
IS - CSCW
M1 - 170
ER -