[TMP-119] The role of designers regarding AI design: a case study

The purpose of this micro-project was to critically reflect on the design of an AI system by investigating the role of the designer.

Micro-project in Humane-AI-Net

human-centered AI
Retrieved from: https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/-we-need-to-act-now-and-put-human-rights-at-the-centre-of-artificial-intelligence-designs

Short description

The purpose of this micro-project was to critically reflect on the design of an AI system by investigating the role of the designer. Designers make choices during the design of the system. Analysing these choices and their effective consequences contributes to an overall understanding of the situated knowledge embedded in a system.

The reflection concerned questions like

  • What does it mean for the output of the system what the designer’s interpretations are?
  • In what way do they then exercise power on this system?

In particular, this micro-project examined a concrete case. It followed the design of an agent-based social simulation that aims at modelling how inequality affects democracy.

Additional information

Output

  • An agent-based simulation on how wealth inequality affects political relations
  • A conference paper critically reflecting on the design of the simulation

This Humane-AI-Net micro-project was carried out by TU Delft (Jonne Maas) and Umeå University (UMU, Virginia Dignum).

Technical categories
AI services
Technology Readiness Level
TRL 1-2 (Basic research)

Last updated
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 13:56
Contact details
Jonne Maas (j.j.c.maas@tudelft.nl)

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