Workshop: Ideate Visions of Responsible Urban AI

Background

You have already created initial datasets and models and gained strategic and responsible design knowledge. Now, it’s time to progress further with your design concept. This activity aims to brainstorm one or more product visions for responsible urban AI based on what you have learned from the workshop explorations, readings, and lectures.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this assignment, you can generate responsible urban AI visions based on your understanding of the technology and ethical theory.

Instructions

  • Brainstorm/ideate at least 1–3 product visions inspired by the prototype datasets you created in the previous workshop. How you go about this exactly is up to you. More is better at this stage, so if you’re confident, try shooting for 5–10.
  • Use the provided canvas to capture the essence of each vision on your board and the rationale behind it.
  • Reflect on the visions created. Answer these questions for the overall results:
    1. Would you say these ideas are examples of strategic design? Do they involve thinking at both the individual and the city scale? Why?
    2. Would you say these ideas are examples of ethical/responsible design? Do they address specific values, and can you argue why these designs are desirable and to whom?

Finished early? Want to do more? Bored? Consider also doing the following:

  • Add a quick sketch to each vision that illustrates the human experience of the system somehow.

Product

The outcome of this activity is captured on your board in the form of:

  • One completed canvas per vision.
  • Two notes, one for each answer to the two reflection questions.

Follow-up

In the plenary session following the workshop, we will discuss the outcomes of the activity. One of the visions presented will serve as the foundation for your continued work on the group project.

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