Understanding & enjoyment

Dr Ben Swift

non-linear relationships in code art & beyond

I acknowledge the First Australians on whose traditional lands we meet, and pay respect to the elders past and present.

a complicated relationship

understanding and enjoyment don’t move together in a straight line

# a 3Ai twitter bot
for tweet in api.user("3AInstitute").timeline(limit=200):
  if tweet.user.location == "San Francisco":
    tweet.retweet_with_comment("I have so. many. questions.")

3A3Ii

three “I”s as well as three “A”s

indicators

how do we measure success?

efficiency starts to clash with beauty, sustainability, values

interfaces

how will humans and systems work together when AI is all around us — sensing and responding?

intent

why was the system built? by whom? and for what purposes?

understanding & en…

enjoyment · engagement · enfranchisement

what can we learn about u&e for…

labour & automation · digital rights & privacy · democracy · platform economics · UBI

questions?