THE HOUSE THAT KNOWS TOO MUCH
Simone Rebaudengo
@fishandchipsing
frog & ch-rb.net
THINGSCON WORKSHOP
IN ~90 MINUTES WE WILL SPECULATE ABOUT THE FUTURE HOME FILLED OF THINGS THAT KNOW A LOT ABOUT US
… MAYBE TOO MUCH
TINY INTRO+SOME RANTY CONTEXT+GET TO QUESTIONS+GO TO BRUCES
HELLO!
I LIVE IN A FUTURE
OR THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE REALITY WHERE QR CODES ARE USED EVERY DAY
BELIEVABLE PRODUCTS for HYPOTETICAL NEAR-FUTURES
THIS IS WERE I ENJOY
AND I DIG DEEPER
SHORTCIRCUIT THESE FUTURES
HIDE THE FUTURE IN MUNDANE OBJECTS
MIGHT BECOME A TOASTER ACTIVIST
TEACHER OF
ALGORHITMS
LOOK AT CONTEXTUAL IMPLICATIONS
https://vimeo.com/125768041
THAT MIGHT LEAD TO NEW “JOBS”
OR PRODUCTS
I LIKE MAKE THESE FUTURES “WORK”
GIVE IT A COOL NAME LIKE THE UNMASK!
GO AROUND AND MAKE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE IT
AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME NASTY COMMENTS…
IN ~90 MINUTES WE WILL SPECULATE ABOUT THE FUTURE HOME FILLED OF THINGS THAT KNOW A LOT ABOUT US
… MAYBE TOO MUCH
A/B Manifesto (2009), Dunne&Raby
TODAY WE’LL TRY TO FIND SOME GOOD QUESTIONS
HOUSE THAT KNEW WHAT????
THE FUTURE WHEN I WAS A KID
Ericsson, Social web of things (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5AuzQXBsG4
THE FLAMBOYANT BUT HIPPIE ROOMBA THE SINGLE MICROWAVE
AND THE ASSHOLE UMBRELLA
WHY DOES MY HOUSE HATES MY EX TOO?
WE WILL LIVE WITH THESE OBJECTS…
Words of a middleman (2012), University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam
LISTENING
CHATTING
ASKING US TO DO WEIRD THINGS
SUBTLY OR LESS SUBTLY THEY TAKE DECISIONS ON OUR BEHALF
http://www.dattasaurabh.com/Final-Project-CIID-2014
NOT ONLY THIS “AUTONOMOUS”
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1614-1716)
DE ARTE COMBINATORIA
Joseph Weizenbaum (1923-2008)
THERE IS NO CLEAR RIGHT OR WRONG
http://mchrbn.net/ethical-autonomous-vehicles/
WE PLAYED WITH MECHANICAL TURKS
http://ch-rb.net/ethical-things/
AS DECISION MAKERS FOR OBJECTS…
WHAT ABOUT MY COFFE MACHINE?
— Step 1 /Initial Brainstorming (10mins)
— Make groups
— Pick a room, think about what objects are in there
— Pick One/two object that might be interesting to play with later
BUT LET’S UNPACK THIS A LITTLE…
WE ASSUME THAT THINGS ARE “SMART” AND HAVE “BEST” INFORMATION
WHAT IF MY COFFE MACHINE KNOWS ABOUT MY STRESS LEVEL?
COFFEE PRICES
MY ACCOUNT
PRODUCERS STRIKES
MY WORK SCHEDULE
FLOODS IN BRAZIL
MY COMPANY PROFIT
GARTNER HYPE CURVE
near
far
futurepresent
THINGS MIGHT KNOW TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE TO TAKE A NEUTRAL STANCE
SHOULD I GIVE HIM A COFFEE?
WHAT IF MY COFFE MACHINE IS PROFIT BASED?
PRODUCTIVITY DRIVEN
ITALIAN
VEGAN
JEWISH
PERSONAL HEALTH DRIVEN
PUBLIC HEALTH DRIVEN
actinterpretsense
stimuli data information
context
IF IT’S EASIER THINK OF IT AS A PERSONALITY…BUT…THAT’S NOT
IT…
— Step 2 / What do objects know about us? (15mins)
— Let’s look at what inputs the objects you choose might have about us
# Play with different scales from near us to global
# Don’t think about today only but also future
— Step 3 / What is their main motive? (15mins)
— What are the main goals and ideology that your object should follow
# Think first about things related to the object
# Think about where society you imagine and the value that it would push
near
far
futurepresent
— Step 4 / Speculations! (20mins)
— Let’s put our objects, inputs and ideologies on the wall
— It can be yours, it can related to the type pf object it could be just random\
— Find 3 big questions that you feel might have some strong implications in
the daily life of someone
— Let’s discuss on how life would change in this scenario
objects data ideology questions
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HOW MUCH DO WE WANT THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT US?
HOW EXPOSED DO WE WANT TO BE TO THIS AS USERS?
WHAT NEW CONVERSATIONS MIGH EMERGE WITH THESE OBJECTS?
I HOPE THAT FROM TODAY WE WILL ALL USE THE SMART IN A DIFFERENT WAY…
THANKS!
@fishandchipsing
simonerebaudengo.com
ch-rb.net
