https://iamthechan.cargo.site Dave Chan Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:06:26 +0000 https://iamthechan.cargo.site en https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Homepage Fri, 10 May 2019 04:33:28 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Homepage I am an educator, creative technologist, and design researcher invested in building inclusive story-making prototypes. My practice designs possible futures by distorting existing structures and proposing new opportunities. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc8b11fda6acb9c156f64bb79e08c979dc1ffcb93233ea8379ef24e2348338e5/thesis_hero.png" data-mid="65523595" border="0" alt="Agency of Emotion (thesis)" data-caption="Agency of Emotion (thesis)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc8b11fda6acb9c156f64bb79e08c979dc1ffcb93233ea8379ef24e2348338e5/thesis_hero.png" /> Agency of Emotion [AI with EQ] Thesis, Provisional Reality, Temporal Augmentation, Agentitive Technology https://iamthechan.cargo.site/about-me Fri, 10 May 2019 06:19:13 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/about-me <img width="1920" height="581" width_o="1920" height_o="581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0ea71e6554cf43af7077ed829de338cd652d1cd3bba33d3bbe4659cf5d8b38c/AboutMe_DaveChan.jpg" data-mid="68739463" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0ea71e6554cf43af7077ed829de338cd652d1cd3bba33d3bbe4659cf5d8b38c/AboutMe_DaveChan.jpg" /> ABOUT ME I am an educator, creative technologist, and design researcher invested in building inclusive story-making prototypes. I do this to prompt emotional responses and cultivate discussion through “what if” curiosity represented by humility and ambition. My process is a mixture of methodical and exploratory; it involves analyzing, dissecting, and generating connective systems. The speculative outcomes of my recent work combine predictive simulations via machine learning, natural language processing, and human emotion to interrogate implications of emerging technologies on the authenticity of human communication. My design practice investigates digital identities by distorting existing structures and proposing new opportunities thereby reimagining and reassembling possible futures. I engage in systems based processes to break down options, functionalities, and frameworks into usable, understandable, manageable, and actionable pieces. Regrouping via deconstruction allows me to continually review where to invest my time and focus. This informs how I prepare design assets, evaluate available technologies for prototyping, and broadcast my work. My background as an instructor, design researcher, advisor, and technical project manager has helped me develop keen emotional intelligence which I pair with my broad design experience. Practicing empathy, trust, and connection with people has aided in everything from facilitating participatory design collaborations to building team cultures of ownership and accountability.Let’s connect! Want to know more about my background and experience?&nbsp; INTERESTS: Design Equity, Sustainability, Social Justice, Speculative Futures, Digital Identities, Design Fiction-SKILLS: Systems Design, Critical Thinking, Story-making, Field Research, Rapid Prototyping, Natural Language Processing, Information Architecture, Design Thinking, Machine Learning, Circular Design, Active Listening, Time Management, Collaboration, Process Mapping, Ideation, Heuristic Evaluation, Strategic Development, Task Analysis, Content Strategy, Participatory Design, Wireframes, Contextual Inquiry, Usability Testing, Affinity Mapping-SOFTWARE: Unity, Vuforia, IBM Watson (multiple products), Sketch, Omnigraffle, InVision, Adobe XD, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, SuperCollider, NETLab Toolkit, Delft AI Toolkit, Google Colab, Camtasia, Gameshow, OBS, Google Docs, Microsoft Office Suite, IFTTT, and working knowledge of: Python, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe After Effects, Google AutoML and Google Natural Language-HARDWARE: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ESP32 Microcontroller, Photon Particle board, various sensors and accessories, SLR Camera, Makeit 3D Printer, Makey-Makey, woodshop and sewing lab certified https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Agency-of-Emotion Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:06:26 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Agency-of-Emotion Agency of Emotion [AI with EQ] Engaging with provisional realities cedes the human voice in favor of predictive algorithms. Will this improve our relationships, or produce an unacceptable strain on our individual agency and identity? Agency of Emotion is a speculative software which embeds text based provisional realities into existing platforms, such as instant messaging and email. Provisional realities are formed by combining human emotion and temporal augmentation (predictive simulations). The resulting natural language generation appears plausible, because it is based upon an ever-increasing dataset of previous user interactions (and their emotional effects).&nbsp;Agency of Emotion interrogates: emotion based identity, roles of system transparency, and the collision of technology with emotional intelligence. I watched a captivated crowd applaud with joy during a developer conference in 2018. Google Duplex was being demoed, and my stomach turned as I listened to an AI digital assistant talk to people and book appointments - while it passed for being human I saw it as creepy and deceptive. But why? This interest evolved into the question: &nbsp;How might AI generated content influence, or shift, the relationship between agency and identity? Fast forward to today. As agentive technologies have become increasingly pervasive, so to has insertion of human emotion in these experiences. Algorithmic empathy, and improvements in natural language processing are present on a growing number of digital assistant platforms. Imagining the future of these systems reveals a complex space in need of critical design. For this reason, my primary audience are designers whose work overlaps with combinations of: natural language processing, predictive simulations, and designing for emotion. The two preceding video scenarios imagine a near future where speculative software operates within existing platforms. The embodiment of algorithms with emotional intelligence create what I call provisional realities. These derivative outputs are analogous to forms of skeuomorphism found in user interfaces. Provisional realities are formed by combining human emotion and temporal augmentation (or predictive simulations). The resulting natural language generation appears plausible, because it is based upon an ever-increasing dataset of previous user interactions and their emotional effects.&nbsp; As a consequence of engaging with provisional realities, users cede their human voice in favor of predictive algorithms. <img width="1920" height="884" width_o="1920" height_o="884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41a1d9abae2ce76b939a309079eb51355492493ff59eaa622b33eb9517de4fa8/provisional-reality.png" data-mid="68609720" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41a1d9abae2ce76b939a309079eb51355492493ff59eaa622b33eb9517de4fa8/provisional-reality.png" /> It is safe to say, many people today are living in a fragmented timescape. Temporal augmentation is used to facilitate and automate the continuing rise of asynchronous human to human communication. Users have the ability to swipe and modify the degree of data history used to generate suggestions, which results in use of different emotions. timescape. Noun. (plural timescapes) (science fiction) A multi-dimensional treatment of time. (physics) A function of time that is dependent on the position of the observer. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e0558531a53590e9df213ff7c5ca4b39274d7b8e10f126cae8d84f97ea5a9e9/temporal-augmentation.jpg" data-mid="68616252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e0558531a53590e9df213ff7c5ca4b39274d7b8e10f126cae8d84f97ea5a9e9/temporal-augmentation.jpg" /> I leveraged Robert Plutchik’s “Emotion Wheel”, (pictured in the center of the following image) to categorize and root the framework of emotions. This also helped to subjectively pair them in scenario videos. Surrounding the diagram are UI cards which reveal to system users a superficial level of emotion source disclosure, alongside the primarily text based chat. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b40d4407703e1a350b2b2087eb96b322b8413ac1a5072dc413ae1b253d6b7ba7/emotion-wheel.png" data-mid="68610111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b40d4407703e1a350b2b2087eb96b322b8413ac1a5072dc413ae1b253d6b7ba7/emotion-wheel.png" /> For me this inquiry began with Google Duplex, and evolved through the insertion of emotion, and concept of temporal augmentation. As opportunities for human connection are further automated, there comes increased risk of emotional detachment and homogenization of expression. Engaging with provisional realities cedes the human voice in favor of predictive algorithms. As an audience of designers, technologists, and humans, I challenge you to consider the question as you move forward in your own practice: Will this improve our relationships, or produce an unacceptable strain on our individual agency and identity?<img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41f759d9163ee73c9763434f511c7d5e61e3f89b46da19449b9e4ca99df2825a/improve-or-strain.png" data-mid="68610635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41f759d9163ee73c9763434f511c7d5e61e3f89b46da19449b9e4ca99df2825a/improve-or-strain.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91bb007b5204c337cb7dc4b4c26ff011e05fac1c0bf8d2f4fd7db715faa7aab9/affective-forecasting.jpg" data-mid="68610999" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91bb007b5204c337cb7dc4b4c26ff011e05fac1c0bf8d2f4fd7db715faa7aab9/affective-forecasting.jpg" /> For a deeper dive into research, past prototypes, and additional documentation... 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9e4de9cefe4dfcdbe463a5ea3fd0945fc06167243860f14891fcc44acf703ec/Chan--Dave_Proj1_Slide1.png" /> https://iamthechan.cargo.site/ULSOCC Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:55:49 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/ULSOCC ULSOCC(Ultimate Live Streaming Obstacle Course Challenge) ULSOCC is a new obstacle course live stream created by adding mocapped YouTube exercise video motions onto digital avatars in a simulation, pitting motion against motion to see who will come out on top. Follow on Twitch at: https://www.twitch.tv/ulsocc/ “American Ninja Warrior”, “Wipeout”, “Ultimate Beastmaster”, and “American Gladiators” are shows designed to exhibit human physical accomplishments. Likewise, ULSOCC embraces arbitrary obstacle architectures invented for military mental and physical fitness training, and challenges participating humans to bend, crawl, and jump their way through courses. &nbsp; What are design opportunities related to the future of digital identity ownership, access, and agency? Research and making for this project are broken thematically into four sections below: <img width="1920" height="484" width_o="1920" height_o="484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86e004892561e1977af6e22775eaa1662564194db372245e6cf3e8a688b1da52/01_obstacle-course.jpg" data-mid="68726645" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86e004892561e1977af6e22775eaa1662564194db372245e6cf3e8a688b1da52/01_obstacle-course.jpg" />This project blends the concept of surveillance as art and entertainment alongside notions of surveillance as governmental and capitalistic data collection - power structures acting in the interest of maintaining and spreading authority. I present a version of “hyperreal motion” referencing pieces of motion from the real world, while simultaneously severing them from the original.Playgrounds and military training grounds were an inspiration for the course development, including: material paths: (sand, rubber, woodchips, textured) to guide, not prescribe different sections elevations: slides, ropes, walls, steps, slopes, ladders possible actions: crawl, spin, jump, climb, balance, swing <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f14cd92d926bded777b9d4d27dfaeeaadb7084429f80107e097c32558de34bf7/Final_Process_Slideshow.003.jpg" data-mid="68667464" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f14cd92d926bded777b9d4d27dfaeeaadb7084429f80107e097c32558de34bf7/Final_Process_Slideshow.003.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a34416cd09ef492ab56d0a42abc82d829b57e3112533f235555401c9bc9b45c5/02_athletes.jpg" data-mid="68726642" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a34416cd09ef492ab56d0a42abc82d829b57e3112533f235555401c9bc9b45c5/02_athletes.jpg" />Several athlete body forms were tested and developed for use. In the end, all my designed athletes were derived the form I built in FUSE and named “Brutus”. The athlete uniforms linked to the particular movement specialties, related to source animation videos, or are based on a variety of common sport sponser companies. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb2efdeaae6afbb676d5259259e7a56ca2987575de0cebc9717074cb1de3b3ad/Final_Process_Slideshow.022.jpg" data-mid="68667823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb2efdeaae6afbb676d5259259e7a56ca2987575de0cebc9717074cb1de3b3ad/Final_Process_Slideshow.022.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5269f81be7955fdadba029b8cecbb50bb46d845115a4814614ee0a28ab14f9d/Final_Process_Slideshow.023.jpg" data-mid="68667824" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5269f81be7955fdadba029b8cecbb50bb46d845115a4814614ee0a28ab14f9d/Final_Process_Slideshow.023.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2ca5935e11835e797d6224395375c58ba9aba6d5fb54927f4b73cb08f72cf21/Final_Process_Slideshow.024.jpg" data-mid="68667825" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2ca5935e11835e797d6224395375c58ba9aba6d5fb54927f4b73cb08f72cf21/Final_Process_Slideshow.024.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d200bf497ee870b4f56dfd04ef10e27b6d2ce0f4b0a219a1f9a5f07c3bbe7548/Final_Process_Slideshow.025.jpg" data-mid="68667826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d200bf497ee870b4f56dfd04ef10e27b6d2ce0f4b0a219a1f9a5f07c3bbe7548/Final_Process_Slideshow.025.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83304d06e91d022432fa2030a13f75ffb3eacf49656ded9fd9237f529392d37b/Final_Process_Slideshow.026.jpg" data-mid="68667830" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83304d06e91d022432fa2030a13f75ffb3eacf49656ded9fd9237f529392d37b/Final_Process_Slideshow.026.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d130f7147f2e8fafa775e2a11380d3f8abcdadf81b1b3bdbc34ccf9272d12cfe/Final_Process_Slideshow.027.jpg" data-mid="68667832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d130f7147f2e8fafa775e2a11380d3f8abcdadf81b1b3bdbc34ccf9272d12cfe/Final_Process_Slideshow.027.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7bf26ab108f1c9895050aa252b79994b6cd75fde132fd449d777d83f6380dfa/Final_Process_Slideshow.028.jpg" data-mid="68667835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7bf26ab108f1c9895050aa252b79994b6cd75fde132fd449d777d83f6380dfa/Final_Process_Slideshow.028.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29fb33c682e8b1d21b32e5504b4fff2bad8470e82a02ddd1375c17527391b9d9/Final_Process_Slideshow.029.jpg" data-mid="68667836" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29fb33c682e8b1d21b32e5504b4fff2bad8470e82a02ddd1375c17527391b9d9/Final_Process_Slideshow.029.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="484" width_o="1920" height_o="484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1da06f6c94f363a14e91339df9968c854db84de3f11c5b63a81e6380a8612a8e/03_animations.jpg" data-mid="68726605" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1da06f6c94f363a14e91339df9968c854db84de3f11c5b63a81e6380a8612a8e/03_animations.jpg" />Animations for the athletes are constructed from pirated motion capture using a variety of exercise videos from YouTube. Using RADiCAL Motion software, the MoCap data was harvested and ported to Unity where the animations were rigged onto Brutus.Through this process I explored the right of publicity, sometimes referred to as personality rights. 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This was in large part to balancing the purity of the animation with the game engine physics. 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64699ba479fb380e432f6210b296a2a7d82dfade25e39a444763611ca83b2eb2/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00002.jpg" data-mid="41919122" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64699ba479fb380e432f6210b296a2a7d82dfade25e39a444763611ca83b2eb2/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00002.jpg" /> OVERVIEW Telepresence in live streaming has provided a platform for chance interactions and anonymous control, particularly through the use of chat. Societal obsession with these forms of meta entertainment range from the world of fantasy sports to live competitive online gaming. Unscripted Interactions is a demonstration and critical observation of these virtual ecosystems, resulting in both social cooperation and disharmony. CONCEPT AND PROCESS In my livestream project, each of the four main cars in the arena correspond with a different channel in Twitch, the live streaming video platform which boasts 15 million daily active users. These otherwise unrelated channels have their video content projected onto the arena walls. In the meantime, the chat from these channels is scanned by code in Unity, where the game is built, looking for keywords which trigger movement of the cars. Viewers of my livestream have to option to purely observe, or go to the other unknowing channels and participate in the chat, using keywords to manipulate movement of the cars in my stream. The result is a demolition derby style game fed by unknowing participating channels and anyone watching my stream who wishes to utilize these chats to control the cars. Click images below to view stills from the final Unity prototype <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f4a8c045e563398cfd5173f17d5f9cbf581f4d071554b4d3aa1a4ec6bcd6142/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00001.jpg" data-mid="41919121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f4a8c045e563398cfd5173f17d5f9cbf581f4d071554b4d3aa1a4ec6bcd6142/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00001.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48849a65f24fc9200b9b3147cb27a6d77b3334d0b169ed7e5cab5b2bdf131bea/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00003_1.jpg" data-mid="41919123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48849a65f24fc9200b9b3147cb27a6d77b3334d0b169ed7e5cab5b2bdf131bea/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00003_1.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1760a5cff9a22d78eb2cdf631037f1ca0496141af7320ee316dac45745294d4f/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00004.jpg" data-mid="41919124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1760a5cff9a22d78eb2cdf631037f1ca0496141af7320ee316dac45745294d4f/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00004.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f682134028f7c8da90fa0b2db96d2c088ae95b249b3b62e496084abcc74db4e4/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00005.jpg" data-mid="41919125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f682134028f7c8da90fa0b2db96d2c088ae95b249b3b62e496084abcc74db4e4/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00005.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e74f3daa663ac003022faef605921b832cea3c916bbceac5f2b86351c6079716/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00006.jpg" data-mid="41919126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e74f3daa663ac003022faef605921b832cea3c916bbceac5f2b86351c6079716/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00006.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3712e519366a857e6be24708324d4e44acd2e374771b1aa75902920deb1bbc7a/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00007.jpg" data-mid="41919127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3712e519366a857e6be24708324d4e44acd2e374771b1aa75902920deb1bbc7a/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00007.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6559c0fe0243e98555869d51e77caa0b0df917e548ccbb603cbaca5e06f1f356/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00008.jpg" data-mid="41919128" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6559c0fe0243e98555869d51e77caa0b0df917e548ccbb603cbaca5e06f1f356/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00008.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bb09309f5b23b097f81e64888a49398581c85428b7b516d81cfd2af620d8e97/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00009.jpg" data-mid="41919129" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bb09309f5b23b097f81e64888a49398581c85428b7b516d81cfd2af620d8e97/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00009.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aefab98b5cfb71d0d27e22fdca6a45f634f853acffcf94223aedad0971161fb7/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00010.jpg" data-mid="41919130" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aefab98b5cfb71d0d27e22fdca6a45f634f853acffcf94223aedad0971161fb7/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00010.jpg" /> <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55f58d349b7825f44abce49103ba966498518b0bf9fe7bbfdf615eae0954198e/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00011.png" data-mid="41919131" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55f58d349b7825f44abce49103ba966498518b0bf9fe7bbfdf615eae0954198e/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00011.png" /> <img width="1280" height="952" width_o="1280" height_o="952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/024bc11acf54e9e91452983b7ab8ac494fdf688440d537ccdd9d4b733d05777a/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00012.png" data-mid="41919132" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/024bc11acf54e9e91452983b7ab8ac494fdf688440d537ccdd9d4b733d05777a/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00012.png" /> <img width="2874" height="1538" width_o="2874" height_o="1538" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/152541c50d0db3b2ba6397b15230596d6bea2b5f26d9a0835310a8f0023b1307/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00013.png" data-mid="41919133" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/152541c50d0db3b2ba6397b15230596d6bea2b5f26d9a0835310a8f0023b1307/Chan_Unscripted_Interactions00013.png" /> REFLECTION Throughout my ideation and prototyping there were consistent motivating interests I kept in mind while designing. I felt fortunate to see upon frequent reflection that while the outputs of these interests continued to evolve, it was in such a way that remained true to the original attraction. Digital Ecosystems: These are micro-worlds which contain content such as eSports and other livestreaming video and chat. Anonymous Interactions: This involves my curiosity around how might people interact with one another as strangers. It also includes remote interactions and the question - How might level of engagement and type of interaction relate to anonymity and distributed location of users? Dynamic Closed Loop System: I was drawn to the idea of setting up a system and creating rules allowing me to run a livestream in which people might be equally interested in pure observation or getting involved to influence an outcome. In future iterations of this project I would like to experiment with specificity around the type of keywords used to trigger the cars. For example, language specific to the type of channel initiating movement, rather than generic terms. On the technical side, it was rewarding to get deep into Unity, the game engine software, on this project. Any next project I build in the future using Unity will benefit from this. Below: select process documentation <img width="702" height="468" width_o="702" height_o="468" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/addc81d2766009e89d7a1d4589d8359f0528290d8f65796518cd9c7615a03bd9/02_Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-12.01.00-PM.png" data-mid="41919135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/702/i/addc81d2766009e89d7a1d4589d8359f0528290d8f65796518cd9c7615a03bd9/02_Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-12.01.00-PM.png" /> <img width="1056" height="367" width_o="1056" height_o="367" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9db963fab7fa2cd94900d25ae1e27fddd2e7a14d4ce33e66a4732c0062955d0/03_Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-12.02.29-PM.png" data-mid="41919136" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9db963fab7fa2cd94900d25ae1e27fddd2e7a14d4ce33e66a4732c0062955d0/03_Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-12.02.29-PM.png" /> <img width="1912" height="924" width_o="1912" height_o="924" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aef0ad63918e610c5d5ce2a0dbdd532e01b35f4518a7a612baa7527c461bc4cc/05_Screen-Shot-2018-12-10-at-12.44.10-AM.png" data-mid="41919138" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aef0ad63918e610c5d5ce2a0dbdd532e01b35f4518a7a612baa7527c461bc4cc/05_Screen-Shot-2018-12-10-at-12.44.10-AM.png" /> <img width="1279" height="957" width_o="1279" height_o="957" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adf868b5ec1fff9675ae7e86533209722b44c4c780063782b68147124c29037a/06_Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-12.22.07-PM.png" data-mid="41919139" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adf868b5ec1fff9675ae7e86533209722b44c4c780063782b68147124c29037a/06_Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-12.22.07-PM.png" /> <img width="908" height="436" width_o="908" height_o="436" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9952aa79c3c65071f66d10af4ff51135dce522ab948d4d2cfca395f0042c13e1/04_Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-12.02.44-PM.png" data-mid="41919137" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/908/i/9952aa79c3c65071f66d10af4ff51135dce522ab948d4d2cfca395f0042c13e1/04_Screen-Shot-2018-12-14-at-12.02.44-PM.png" /> MATERIALS AND TOOLS -Unity -C# -Gameshow -OBS -Webcams -Adobe Premiere -Keynote PROJECT BRIEF In this studio, we will be considering all aspects of the our new “on camera” existence as subjects for design. The experiential elements of your online presence, your face and body, your in-and-off camera environments - these are all being rethought and remade according to a new brief that addresses not just one, or dozens, of users, but audiences of thousands or millions. After quickly considering some historical precedent and perspective on this topic (and there is quite a lot: including traditions of theatricality in architecture, costume/masks/makeup/drag, evolutions of metaphor in UX design, set design in film and TV, live-edited sports broadcasting, early experiments in live hosting on the web, etc.) we will survey current and emerging manifestations, from live-hosted massively multiplayer online role-playing games, Twitch channels, IG Stories and Snap and FB live, and more. At the center of this studio will be making. All students - individually or in teams - will be expected to throw themselves into some aspect of this topic, resulting in an effectively realized project for final review by outside jury, including some form of “live” manifestation to be shared worldwide. CLASS Live Styles of the Live and Streaming INSTRUCTORS Tim Durfee Jenny Rodenhouse https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Impressions-of-Water Thu, 19 Apr 2018 19:41:42 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Impressions-of-Water Impressions of Water <img width="1363" height="250" width_o="1363" height_o="250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33e0646dee40eb9c737bd031ad5b457d498ef1a18825e637753dfd6431a879c3/03_cargo_full2.jpg" data-mid="41919208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33e0646dee40eb9c737bd031ad5b457d498ef1a18825e637753dfd6431a879c3/03_cargo_full2.jpg" /> (Above: selected clip from Impressions of Water. Music: Svefn-g-englar by Sigur Rós) OVERVIEWImpressions of Water is a short film exploring one person’s memories involving water in the Los Angeles, California area. My inspiration for this project comes from my love of natural spaces, especially the mountains. There is great irony that Los Angeles is consistently in and out of drought status while being geographically up against the Pacific Ocean. Due to this fact, water is deep in the consciousness of those living in the area. For this film, I look at water through a different lens, represented by the patina treatment of the video. (Above: Impressions of Water - full film. Music: Svefn-g-englar by Sigur Rós) PROCESS To capture video for this project I travelled to over a dozen locations in the Los Angeles area by car, bike, and on foot. The video was distilled down to short clips and exported as over 16,000 images, which were made into contact sheets and printed. The contact sheets were then physically marked up and the individual images were rescanned. The remainder of the process took place in Adobe Premiere and consisted of arranging the stills into groupings based on location. For example mountains, fountains, and home were three of the categories that were used and mixed in with the underwater clips. To complete the film, the arrangement of the stills was further refined to absorb the rhythm of the music backdrop. <img width="1200" height="300" width_o="1200" height_o="300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7c8b5fc2c8eadb515982a6ae0d7efe76719ff6c9880e72fac58a4bd84f39449/01_cargo_technical.jpg" data-mid="41919206" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7c8b5fc2c8eadb515982a6ae0d7efe76719ff6c9880e72fac58a4bd84f39449/01_cargo_technical.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="300" width_o="1200" height_o="300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d78760412b1ce595fedb2460f3c883af3570a17687fa17b8515ece6e964ebcf2/02_cargo_contact-sheetsx3_300high.jpg" data-mid="41919207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d78760412b1ce595fedb2460f3c883af3570a17687fa17b8515ece6e964ebcf2/02_cargo_contact-sheetsx3_300high.jpg" /> REFLECTION I hiked 15 miles, biked nearly 20 miles, and drove 50 miles to capture the footage for the film and documentary. Shooting in such varied locations was time consuming but rewarding. These were all places I have been before, but was able to visit with a critical eye and make unique memories distinct from the artifact of the film. Through this project I was also able to refine my process of collecting and editing video. At the end of it all, this was a lovely excuse to look at some of my favorite places in an interesting and intimate way. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/904c6fb3c4855cdf859d51d0cfdc90ed9cc1d171cfefbcf91bb5c89bbd19a80e/Chan--Dave_Proj3_Slide2.png" data-mid="68729712" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/904c6fb3c4855cdf859d51d0cfdc90ed9cc1d171cfefbcf91bb5c89bbd19a80e/Chan--Dave_Proj3_Slide2.png" /> <img width="1119" height="500" width_o="1119" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de582e611901b2acb50b711625c4cf432d400fb103a852226a3b64a3fae6f752/cargo_stills.jpg" data-mid="41919209" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de582e611901b2acb50b711625c4cf432d400fb103a852226a3b64a3fae6f752/cargo_stills.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9be36f3b5e85c6744a94c577707ab567479fec466c72fd018ab67a32e96ef71e/Chan--Dave_Proj3_Slide3.png" data-mid="68729743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9be36f3b5e85c6744a94c577707ab567479fec466c72fd018ab67a32e96ef71e/Chan--Dave_Proj3_Slide3.png" /> DOCUMENTARY Below is a short documentary on the making of this film. MATERIALS AND TOOLS Canon EOS 5D DSLR camera and tripod iPhone 5S Adobe Premiere Adobe Photoshop Various pens, markers, scotch tape, color printer, flatbed scanner (all for patina effect) PROJECT BRIEF Part 1 - Film Objective: Produce an original short film from conception to realization. The piece can be narrative or experimental non-narrative. You are free to create any kind of moving image work, about any subject matter. Criteria for a successful project are: -Follows the rules of basic videography (exposure, etc.) -Sensitivity to editing, proper lighting and framing/composition -A discernible and intentional structure Part 2 - Documentary Objective: Create a short documentary/video journal on your practice. Use the Machine Project Vimeo documentation videos as reference. Criteria for a successful documentary are: -Follows the rules of basic videography (exposure, etc.) -Sensitivity to editing, proper lighting and framing/composition -Utilizes a DSLR (or higher quality camera) CLASS Dev Projects II - Media Production INSTRUCTOR Kate Parsons https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Healthy-Privilege Fri, 01 Mar 2019 19:01:19 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Healthy-Privilege Healthy Privilege Healthy Privilege from David Chan on Vimeo. OVERVIEW Healthy Privilege is an innovative private healthcare company leveraging patent AI smart lens technology to establish a dynamic user profile by tracking behavior and habits. The collected information is analyzed in real time against a wide range of data sets, then translated into an individual health score. The health score serves as the basis for plan rates and available coverage. Additionally, the scores are shared with external service providers to unlock new opportunities ranging from job offers to new relationships. <img width="1725" height="1611" width_o="1725" height_o="1611" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fcab1202281dd97621cc576277da6e61cd7647240ee86723d7e4f9464538f8c/Healthy_Privilege_POSTER.jpg" data-mid="41919082" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fcab1202281dd97621cc576277da6e61cd7647240ee86723d7e4f9464538f8c/Healthy_Privilege_POSTER.jpg" /> CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT In order to develop this project concept, I initially followed my interest in AI ethics and morals. There is currently much debate over how to handle control of this delicate subject. Depending on who you ask, control over AI might involve: -Government policy and regulation -Individual corporations or collective industries leading the way -The programmer or designer of the AI should have the power to influence I took a deeper dive and developed a speculative concept of a “Moral AI Policy”, which would be created by AI. In order to form this policy, your individual system must first train through observation of moral and ethical decisions you make in your real-world environment. The data surrounding these decisions and related interactions are captured and used in a form of reinforcement learning to form your unique policy. Next, this policy data considers the individuals current state or situation and runs through a type of Markov Decision Process (or MDP) which provides a mathematical framework and outputs, then applies a policy decision which corresponds with what it determines to be the “best” decision for you. Below is a diagram of what this process of Moral AI Policy training and human use might look like. <img width="1215" height="884" width_o="1215" height_o="884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d90bb0d03a8d6eed548f954a440f8d6ee7d3ff4574b2c92edd42708579040de4/Markov_Moral_Diagram.png" data-mid="41919075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d90bb0d03a8d6eed548f954a440f8d6ee7d3ff4574b2c92edd42708579040de4/Markov_Moral_Diagram.png" /> Eventually momentum for this idea slowed as it still required a context to live within. To regain traction I looked back to my previous project Knock-knock: Useless AI. Using this project and the research above as inspiration, I was able to reinvest in familiar areas of interest in addition to moral and ethics. These additional areas are digital identities, and systems (in this case pertaining to explainable AI). I will touch on each of these three areas of interest below, and later in the reflection section I’ll share key insights I came upon throughout the making and reflection process. MORALS AND ETHICS While exploring the Moral AI Policy, I was looking at replacing or assisting human decisions and knowledge to help manage moral and ethical scenarios. Further, this was an examination of human relationships and communication with AI. As related to Knock-knock, I was exploring the creation of systems that could be simplified as being referred to as a “set it and forget it” regarding human agency in AI. This presents the question of, “Who is in control (in power) and who stands to benefit?”. This research and inquiry came with me to the Healthy Privilege concept. DIGITAL IDENTITIES Healthy Privilege is built on the idea of omnipresence and data collection to feed AI. This has a direct connection to a topic I have previously explored and written about, Digital Identities and Digital Footprints. I was also engrossed in a similar mindspace last semester in the Livestyles class project where I investigated the behaviors and motivations of people who livestream their daily lives for strangers. Not only does Healthy Privilege have a scaled up version of data collection, but in the mid stages of concept development came the idea of data leakage. That is, information gathered for one purpose finds itself shared with external services. This expanded the range and implications beyond healthcare, and into any imaginable facet of one's life. SYSTEMS (explainable AI) I have grown an affinity for designing concepts where one sets an task for an AI with resulting potential for unpredictability and unexplainable behavior. This was ongoing inspiration for Knock Knock, and so it felt natural to keep pushing in this direction. As with Knock Knock there may be a certain charm to dumb-smart AI. However, when the stakes are higher and there are more impactful consequences, as with Healthy Privilege it is reasonable to want to know why something happens. Unexplainable AI is wide, from concerns about reliability and safety, to wanting transparency and accountability, and attempting to determine whether there has been data bias (or rather how biased). I think at the heart of all of this is trust. As a human is can be difficult to trust something that cannot be explained in a way that makes sense to me. This gets more complex when considering machine intuition, since absolute binary decisions seem to be something we expect of machines but cannot ourselves produce. Therefore, I am interested in understanding what it is we hope to achieve by achieving explainable AI. This is the promise of the “new learning process” that Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is striving to develop. <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48c960ed8db85a511bd4ce913eb12dc9418925395f8f33baa398f12aee69ccf3/crit_week.jpg" data-mid="41919081" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48c960ed8db85a511bd4ce913eb12dc9418925395f8f33baa398f12aee69ccf3/crit_week.jpg" /> MAKING PROCESS On the technical side, the backend for this project was similar to previous projects. Once the framework for a concept was in place, next steps for creating this project involved iterative prototyping and testing by jumping back and forth between two core areas of interaction: 1. Digital Interactions: I focused on playing out the concept with the IBM Watson (the chatbot) in order to refine conversational nuances. In order to get started with the Watson system I took an online course about building chatbots and participated in a classroom workshop. Later in the process, I created an interactive voice bot to act as the personality of Healthy Privilege. 2. Physical Interactions: I built out and tested health tracking scenarios in a real-world context in order to refine body and verbal language interaction. This helped in decision making of how to film scenarios to tell the story. There was a good deal of experimentation in the storytelling aspects of the video output for this project. This was due to the complexity of shared space for the human and AI to have interactions, while still allowing for the message of the AI research to come through. Ultimately I am satisfied with the results, though I do think there is room for balancing refinement in terms of presenting with clarity without being blunt and overly obvious. Initial sketches:&nbsp;Building the chatbot with Watson Assistant Testing the voicebot interactions Creating the Healthy Privilege video <img width="2244" height="2931" width_o="2244" height_o="2931" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/549be1c1ea8bc7ee0d5c8575eaae4168cf5113d13401e4080ca0bdf852fbe53f/sketch.jpg" data-mid="41919083" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/549be1c1ea8bc7ee0d5c8575eaae4168cf5113d13401e4080ca0bdf852fbe53f/sketch.jpg" /> <img width="1300" height="906" width_o="1300" height_o="906" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/321a06b551a59afcf4ff1ceae39dc4cc121feb0adc584883161f9874f16ba4ca/HP_Watson1.png" data-mid="41919076" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/321a06b551a59afcf4ff1ceae39dc4cc121feb0adc584883161f9874f16ba4ca/HP_Watson1.png" /> <img width="1302" height="904" width_o="1302" height_o="904" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ca01c991a0017653168a021eb125d476a0cf2be917ca5964fee5e3351b651fc/HP_Watson2.png" data-mid="41919077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ca01c991a0017653168a021eb125d476a0cf2be917ca5964fee5e3351b651fc/HP_Watson2.png" /> <img width="1303" height="904" width_o="1303" height_o="904" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/347ef8ab12abb6bd2178364be19d4777618b725700e810f5cd4a4d33530d85d1/HP-voice-bot1.png" data-mid="41919078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/347ef8ab12abb6bd2178364be19d4777618b725700e810f5cd4a4d33530d85d1/HP-voice-bot1.png" /> <img width="1306" height="941" width_o="1306" height_o="941" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a664cfa0d61962ba45fbdbd4a976c4bd604527df98758f074fb4bd06f5592735/HP-voice-bot2.png" data-mid="41919079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a664cfa0d61962ba45fbdbd4a976c4bd604527df98758f074fb4bd06f5592735/HP-voice-bot2.png" /> <img width="1470" height="973" width_o="1470" height_o="973" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/192117406b5d5e692aefa8b2d4a5d9fe45b7f1d5a64b2aa091d5f5fb88dce0f7/MF_Premiere.png" data-mid="41919080" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/192117406b5d5e692aefa8b2d4a5d9fe45b7f1d5a64b2aa091d5f5fb88dce0f7/MF_Premiere.png" /> REFLECTION As mentioned earlier, following are insights related to my interests in the project: morals and ethics, digital identities, and systems (explainable AI). MORALS This project taught me that when it comes to decisions related to analysis and diagnosis, as with Healthy Privilege, sometimes slower is better. If there is not a true urgency, don’t create one. Quick decisions can be regretful or problematic ones. Further, the project confronted me with the preexisting broad question: Should we be inserting AI in seemingly everything? I teased this out a bit and reframed it to: If this were a real scenario that was poised to go out into the world, would it be worse to somehow fail in the creation and deployment of this system, or not to attempt this type of system at all? After all aren’t we learning along the way? And so, perhaps a takeaway is about keeping the stakes high enough to be meaningful, but not so high as to cause undue irreversible harm? DIGITAL IDENTITIES This topic can be seen as one about control and access. While I enjoyed the research and making involved in this project, I find this panopticon like of system in Healthy Privilege to be very troubling. Problems range from the ideas around who owns your data, to what implications intended and otherwise it can have on all aspects of your life.This is due to the connected “partner programs” where we see the data continue to leak outward. We see glimpses of similar systems in the world today, and I find it troubling that there is not more concern about this “unauthorized or unintended data leakage”. This is also an area where I see opportunity as a designer to influence these concerns, especially as the scale and impact of AI exponentially increases. SYSTEMS (explainable AI) I playfully jest in the video that this AI is explainable since it reveals a portion of why it is making decisions. However this is false and problematic in its own right. As with any AI, I thought a bit about how data sets influence the outcomes. In this project I played with using reddit, Facebook, blog posts, daily news, etc. more heavily than medical journals or other reputable sources of medical information. This spun off into the following questions: -How does AI deal with determining intention when the human may not be clear or decided on this yet? Are we doomed to always follow a statistical lead? Does this get back to the potentially homogenizing of humans power as can be explored with things like autocorrect etc.? These questions leave me curious about designing for improvisation without being reckless. -If AI is not explainable, how might running simulations from which to optimize or tweak systems be helpful or problematic? We put our trust in the system, but what happens with the inevitable unexpected or random response? With this in mind, how might we design a system to maintain trust without being explainable? I think a case can be made that there are cases of this happening now, and wonder what consistencies may be found by studying successful cases. DESIGN IMPLICATIONS Responsibility of the designer is to be thoughtful and purposeful in how we guide AI development and implementation. If we don’t do this, we have failed. This was true in the past with design, but the sheer scale and potential reach and ripple effect of AI demands we consider impact on development of social structure and cultural values, that is technological determinism. Perhaps, as with chatbot design, we need to narrow scope and be honest about the limits of AI and the systems they live within. MATERIALS AND TOOLS -IBM Watson Assistant (chatbot backend) -IBM Cloud Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text (chatbot frontend) -Audio recorder -Adobe Premiere -Adobe Illustrator -Adobe Photoshop -Apple Keynote -Omnigraffle PROJECT BRIEF What will it be like to co-exist with other intelligences? Create a project that reflects this future world where people and AI systems co-exist and interact on an everyday, casual basis. Design a particular scenario and/or question and play it out in a detailed way to discover new things about AI and people. How will people and ubiquitous smart things have relationships, collaborate, cooperate, understand each other, and generally co-exist? How will this interaction work as people and things get to know each other, come and go, and change? What will the diverse and multiple communities of people and other intelligent systems be like in the mundane, day-to-day future? CLASS Mundane Futures: Co-Existing with Other Intelligences INSTRUCTOR Phil van Allen https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Blind-Interface Sun, 14 Apr 2019 03:56:06 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Blind-Interface Blind Interface OVERVIEW How might a divide between public expectation and private reality impact our sense of individual identity? Blind Interfaces are window shades that enable individuals to project their idealized, digital lifestyles at home; as seen on the home screens of Instagram and Pinterest. The project explores the multiple interpretations of the interface as a screen, window, and theater meant for public entertainment. In collaboration with Jom Sirimongkolkasem <img width="3000" height="2223" width_o="3000" height_o="2223" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb929a38567d509a877707d65c7a2b51548bf33631610f414adfab26d8700f80/01_BlindInterfaces_story.jpg" data-mid="41919054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb929a38567d509a877707d65c7a2b51548bf33631610f414adfab26d8700f80/01_BlindInterfaces_story.jpg" /> Further, Blind Interfaces, is an exercise and exploration into the influence of social media on home aesthetic and upkeep. The overarching concept of societal pressures is by no means a new phenomenon. It was nearly 40 years ago when George W.S. Trow wrote Within the Context of No Context, which speaks of “a culture increasingly determined by the shallow worlds of consumer products, daytime television, and celebrity heroes.” One might observe the “AirSpace” trend of homogenizing and conforming interior design taste targeted at the seasoned AirBNB traveller. This guides us toward the familiar and recognizable while remaining empty at its core. Attempting to bring AirSpace into our own homes has the danger of creating a mismatch quality. It attempts to uphold a standard and style of home that is everyones and therefore no ones. Certainly not your own. With this in mind, what is our investment in maintaining something that under the surface we don’t even really understand? Framed in another way, we might make a parallel observation that Marie Kondo and Tidying Up is the newer, feel good evolution of the television show Hoarders. Is your true identity inside the set of Eames chairs and perfectly folded towels, or the pile of dirty laundry and empty pizza boxes. Perhaps the answer starts with “it depends”, but clearly there are opposing forces at play. In summary, Blind Interfaces lives in the space between the real versus projected home. Which one will you share? What will get more likes? Which one sparks joy for you? <img width="768" height="432" width_o="768" height_o="432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c83e4a1a5be580e21f83811d173c4031ea666d4d1d0658de3f00d978469ff5d/02_blinds_intro.gif" data-mid="41919055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/5c83e4a1a5be580e21f83811d173c4031ea666d4d1d0658de3f00d978469ff5d/02_blinds_intro.gif" /> <img width="1140" height="712" width_o="1140" height_o="712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d7d1ec6ee909033c93c7f25d2c8af2efc61ea52ae2e554aaad471cd37903840/03_condemned-house.png" data-mid="41919056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d7d1ec6ee909033c93c7f25d2c8af2efc61ea52ae2e554aaad471cd37903840/03_condemned-house.png" /> <img width="894" height="943" width_o="894" height_o="943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29e8a79060a568460c01c6adc3de928b90687be80de520ef932e8de5843d39ae/13_System-Diagram_BLIND-INTERFACE.png" data-mid="41919063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/894/i/29e8a79060a568460c01c6adc3de928b90687be80de520ef932e8de5843d39ae/13_System-Diagram_BLIND-INTERFACE.png" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0264260f58b339edc57062d26c6939f4b01ad775acaf5a002d164955e4bc47a/11_show.JPG" data-mid="41919062" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0264260f58b339edc57062d26c6939f4b01ad775acaf5a002d164955e4bc47a/11_show.JPG" /> PROCESS We began this project with a wide exploration ranging from generating and extruding materials using virtual reality, to experimenting with clipping planes, camera perspective, and level of detail in Unity. A variety of physical material experiments also helped to inform the direction which led to the final outcome. Our interests were condensed into ideas around digital and physical affordances that challenge contrasting views of messy versus clean, and near versus far. A turning point in the making process occurred with an augmented furniture prototype we made in which a false “screen” containing an image of a clean bed was placed in front of a messy bed in order to tidy the space. This experiment captured many of the previous ideas around placement of form, angled perspective, and depth that carried through to the blind interface. <img width="1440" height="640" width_o="1440" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af4a2245c21d2120d9cc6ed1f2b6cf9e0e18fc4ee865c13662ab274ca5e7bf89/bed_montage.png" data-mid="41919057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af4a2245c21d2120d9cc6ed1f2b6cf9e0e18fc4ee865c13662ab274ca5e7bf89/bed_montage.png" /> There were several challenges related to the physical fabrication of the blinds and surrounding scene. We built and printed everything ourselves rather than outsource in order to remain flexible with iterations, but it did take time and there was a learning curve with certain things. One of the bigger issues early on was selecting a material to print the renders and exterior. We eventually landed on a great solution of a fabric vinyl that could run through the plotter and achieve a nice texture. This material also looked nice from different angles, making it a good choice to spray mount to the blinds. REFLECTION Looking back, a lot of experimentation happened before the concept of the blinds took hold. Some of this will likely be useful in future projects, but I do appreciate that there is no shortcut to the end, especially when entering new territory for us in terms of the collision of digital and physical life. In the end, I can say that it was a very rewarding process. There is a clear link from this project to my thesis direction. This is in the thinking about what it means to express idealized versus actual identity, as well as a contrasting messages between public and private intent and meaning. <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/076d6e84e14450b446631ef81bef6c4caf2000c31a7c8ea1b7aa14a056040a6a/12_spray_12.JPG" data-mid="41919067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/076d6e84e14450b446631ef81bef6c4caf2000c31a7c8ea1b7aa14a056040a6a/12_spray_12.JPG" /> <img width="1250" height="937" width_o="1250" height_o="937" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/342a36e9fad6f645f9d7b5d53bb3ff32e4239cb4269ab1ab4c98019c5dd8ec9e/08_drill.JPG" data-mid="41919060" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/342a36e9fad6f645f9d7b5d53bb3ff32e4239cb4269ab1ab4c98019c5dd8ec9e/08_drill.JPG" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60efc8519fd0d18de6e07f6b2730fa6e1cb2af5f9cf9f623e5c3fe15de8e1cf7/06_build01_6.JPG" data-mid="41919065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60efc8519fd0d18de6e07f6b2730fa6e1cb2af5f9cf9f623e5c3fe15de8e1cf7/06_build01_6.JPG" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfe3133363d3b2ea6458bd88af49e83930be8942749fbba682737657af5eb5e7/09_iterate_9.JPG" data-mid="41919066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfe3133363d3b2ea6458bd88af49e83930be8942749fbba682737657af5eb5e7/09_iterate_9.JPG" /> <img width="1250" height="937" width_o="1250" height_o="937" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09e716cbbba2a6b91bb4bade9232e5a1cad0a0abfb1d090c16310293a0591047/04_back.JPG" data-mid="41919058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09e716cbbba2a6b91bb4bade9232e5a1cad0a0abfb1d090c16310293a0591047/04_back.JPG" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bea7c52afb0e6297db559816a4d2d9fd519cc91c27f8c8ed9e61d9d4a0914c56/07_clamp.JPG" data-mid="41919059" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bea7c52afb0e6297db559816a4d2d9fd519cc91c27f8c8ed9e61d9d4a0914c56/07_clamp.JPG" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/513d90d722b30a5b7c41b17db55d1fcd226a0a63b0c0ed41523b5e236288a950/10_peek.JPG" data-mid="41919061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/513d90d722b30a5b7c41b17db55d1fcd226a0a63b0c0ed41523b5e236288a950/10_peek.JPG" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38a2310cda1f69df9548e326c801051ad02bc99cb71646978a3972ec55ef9163/05_behind_6.JPG" data-mid="41919064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38a2310cda1f69df9548e326c801051ad02bc99cb71646978a3972ec55ef9163/05_behind_6.JPG" /> MATERIALS AND TOOLS -Vertical Blinds -MDF, plywood, 2x4s -Woodshop (band saw, table saw, power sander, hand tools, etc.) -Vinyl fabric paper (for large format plotter prints) -Rhino and Keyshot (image design and rendering) PROJECT BRIEF Our increasingly immersive interfaces -- cellphones, VR, and AR technologies -- are redecorating our physical spaces, from how they function to how we live within them. Challenging the concept of ‘home’, [(1:) the place where one lives without interruption; (2:) an interaction design term for ‘a place to return to’], we’ve developed new interior ideals, based on external digital features, notification routines, and on-screen sceneries. Rooted in the practice of decoration, designers are experts in attracting the eye. In this studio we will fully embrace this historic design practice, imagining new interface lifestyles, where we, our things, and our spaces resides in multiple places at once [Part of the furniture: [1] a person or thing that has been somewhere so long as to seem a permanent, unquestioned feature]. We will explore new interior/exterior decor, mixed reality functionality, and avant-garde aesthetics. Rather than falling into the stereotypical narrative of ‘screen time is bad’, we will explore new ways of calling for attention, versus asking for no attention, and exploring periphery structures. CLASS Mixed Reality Furniture: Make Room for the Interface INSTRUCTORS Jenny Rodenhouse and Benjamin Borden https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Ground-Truth Sat, 13 Apr 2019 06:15:51 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Ground-Truth Ground Truth: Grasses and Pastures of Val TaleggioIn June 2019 I was a resident artist/designer in the Nature, Art &amp; Habitat Residency (NAHR) program which takes place in the mountainous Val Taleggio region of northern Italy.&nbsp; This project can be observed and experienced at the project specific site: https://iamthechan.com <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c2b0047bc93b520a7e82bc735090cc06f70696f9c5a48597ab543fe579f8b16/NAHR_overview.jpg" data-mid="68741839" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c2b0047bc93b520a7e82bc735090cc06f70696f9c5a48597ab543fe579f8b16/NAHR_overview.jpg" /> Ground Truth is an invitation to interface with the Val Taleggio region through an anthropomorphized version of its grasses and pastures. The identity of the valley has been informed through personal documentation of extensive trekking throughout the region. This immersive experiential process of traveling between pastures is a fictional embodiment of transhumance. The primary outcome of this project is a web based interactive design fiction in the form of a conversational bot. To build this interface, findings were processed and programmed into the natural language understanding artificial intelligence of IBM Watson. This bio-inspired digital story is further supported by a website hosting images, video, and GPS mapping of the field research. This project was made possible through the generous support of the Nature Art &amp; Habitat Residency and Workshops. <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96e419937ba17dafb28a243531d38d90e984926310aced056269395d3d79a4be/chat_demo_square.jpg" data-mid="68738202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96e419937ba17dafb28a243531d38d90e984926310aced056269395d3d79a4be/chat_demo_square.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ed5447ebb241d179479816365d644f420f75e21adc152cd95b2ebb2910868fa/NAHR2019.jpg" data-mid="41919084" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ed5447ebb241d179479816365d644f420f75e21adc152cd95b2ebb2910868fa/NAHR2019.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebc13b186e8e273ed0a0d3851406e4d213ef37d083fc155e76d0dd54a5dfbe0c/NAHR19_finalweekend_daveCHAN_04.jpg" data-mid="68738317" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebc13b186e8e273ed0a0d3851406e4d213ef37d083fc155e76d0dd54a5dfbe0c/NAHR19_finalweekend_daveCHAN_04.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1fcd7cdbb7169b7d4760c72b910ae99f3ef1dd3c746f820fa56e077cadc0d51/Chan--Dave_Proj5_Slide3.png" data-mid="68738384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1fcd7cdbb7169b7d4760c72b910ae99f3ef1dd3c746f820fa56e077cadc0d51/Chan--Dave_Proj5_Slide3.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1449" width_o="2000" height_o="1449" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b013bd931372ce66e2730e755ab7c69f06c8d6b400cd58334535830db5e1d56/NAHR19_finalweekend_daveCHAN_06_web.jpg" data-mid="68738334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b013bd931372ce66e2730e755ab7c69f06c8d6b400cd58334535830db5e1d56/NAHR19_finalweekend_daveCHAN_06_web.jpg" /> <img width="1233" height="625" width_o="1233" height_o="625" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea95e2b05bd3c2cd4642c070e37a0aebf876577ac5361a1ee42e724fba5f051f/02_Dave.jpg" data-mid="50235242" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea95e2b05bd3c2cd4642c070e37a0aebf876577ac5361a1ee42e724fba5f051f/02_Dave.jpg" /> In machine learning, a subset of AI, the term "ground truth" refers to the accuracy of the training set's classification for supervised learning techniques. Here the words are also meant as a connection between what the grasses and pastures are saying and our human ability to listen and interpret.&nbsp;Documentation for this project is the result of extensive trekking throughout the region in order to inform the identity of the grasses and valley. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34167bfc12e2bf31587a70d5f4d252500dcdeaaa7142fb1ac0b636f36dd1f1f7/NAHR_identity.jpg" data-mid="68741753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34167bfc12e2bf31587a70d5f4d252500dcdeaaa7142fb1ac0b636f36dd1f1f7/NAHR_identity.jpg" /> The immersive experiential process of traveling between pastures is a fictional embodiment of transhumance. The project took on a very distinct cadence rotating between field research and technical building. Research consisted of traversing through the grasses and pastures, linking them to different low, mid, high, ranges and how they connect the villages in the valley. I heavily documented these explorations with audio, video, still images, and GPS tracking of routes.&nbsp;Movement is the pulse of the project, such as this still from one of the project videos. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15cdfdc2def241f086b8b9b98916982f190d9b7a2efc4b7700439eb1a07cc84a/NAHR_research.jpg" data-mid="68741647" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15cdfdc2def241f086b8b9b98916982f190d9b7a2efc4b7700439eb1a07cc84a/NAHR_research.jpg" /> Back in the garage studio I loaded all the data to my computer to catalog and process it for the project. This making involved the technical components of building the chatbot, developing identity content, video editing, and building a website to host everything together as one storytelling experience. The bot textual content was created through a system of feedback loop of language translation with personal intervention. Many different software pieces each doing their part to build out the website prototype. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c887ce2eae5a9e34e890df92390ba6248a1eb2da4e7244215f01a9f5a574e45/NAHR_making.jpg" data-mid="68741656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c887ce2eae5a9e34e890df92390ba6248a1eb2da4e7244215f01a9f5a574e45/NAHR_making.jpg" /> Realtà di base. Erbe e pascoli della Val Taleggio Realtà di base è un invito ad interfacciarsi con la Val Taleggio attraverso una versione antropomorfizzata delle sue erbe e dei suoi pascoli. L’identità della valle è stata studiata attraverso lunghe camminate in tutta la regione, che hanno portato ad acquisire competenze personali. Questo viaggio tra i pascoli è un processo esperienziale immersivo, un’incarnazione fittizia della transumanza. Il progetto è una fiction di design interattivo su piattaforma web, sotto forma di bot di conversazione. L’ interfaccia e’ stato construita usando IBM Watson, sistema di Intelligenza Artificiale che elabora i dati, analizza i contenuti, e permette la visualizzazione dei risultati. Questa narrazione digitale bio-ispirata è ulteriormente supportata da un sito Web che ospita immagini, video e mappe GPS della ricerca fatta sul territorio.The full project can be experienced at:&nbsp;https://iamthechan.com https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Prescribing-Identity Sat, 13 Apr 2019 06:19:16 +0000 Dave Chan https://iamthechan.cargo.site/Prescribing-Identity Prescribing Identity OVERVIEW Through this project I become deeply invested in explainable ownership and management of digital identities. I treated this work as an opportunity to explore the creation, access, and often complicated aspects related to agency in digital identity. Further, I was able to discover and dig into technologies that I am drawn to and may be useful for my thesis direction. This meant leveraging AI machine learning such as natural language generation, and natural language processing. I also created data sets, trained models for recurrent neural networks, and used the newly generated language material to imagine a form of AI identity. <img width="1920" height="960" width_o="1920" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9d6538f65537a7dad4d6594209b71e3663cf07ba421deeaea77dcdf946d2639/hero.png" data-mid="41919071" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9d6538f65537a7dad4d6594209b71e3663cf07ba421deeaea77dcdf946d2639/hero.png" /> PROCESS Below is the final/current iteration of framework I developed through experimentation. How might I build these explorations into a system for prescribing identity? Simplified Identity Script -Scrape twitter based on #hashtag (or existing datasets such as from Kaggle) -Make text or csv dataset from #hashtag -Use python code to generate Markov chain text -Take the Markov code output and use it as the model prompt for GPT-2 neural network -Analyze output using natural language understanding of IBM Watson NLU and Google Cloud Natural Language AI -Design these pieces (analysis, keywords, graphics) together to form and prescribe an “AI identity” script My research on natural language generation (NLG) took me deep down a rabbit hole with many useful resources and a handful of dead ends. Two excellent jumping off points that I am confident I will go back to are: the blog of Computer Scientist Professor Ehud Reiter https://ehudreiter.com/blog-index/, and the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) https://www.aclweb.org/portal/. Both of these sites spider web off into an incredibly wide range of useful subtopics and further resources. During the course of this project, I also read Speak: A Novel https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062391193/speak/ by Louisa Hall, which is a fictional story about communication and the beginnings of AI bots that have a physical form. Throughout the making process, I learned about Markov chain generation, using Tensorflow and various recurrent neural networks (RNN), and Long short-term memory (LSTM). I pulled together these pieces of making experiments and NLG prototypes and set about injecting meaning through the resulting communication by running it through different types of AI analysis. Below is a framework I put together to imagine my process of prescribing identity in parallel to literal traditional concepts of prescribing medication. The image in this diagram is from the concept of deep attentional multimodal similarity models (DAMSM), which I began testing on near the end of this project and may be something I pick back up in future work. <img width="1916" height="969" width_o="1916" height_o="969" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd546be16260901a25f41a9801d11c0406bfa6817b01b2832d9acda5e06d5750/GPT-2.png" data-mid="41919070" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd546be16260901a25f41a9801d11c0406bfa6817b01b2832d9acda5e06d5750/GPT-2.png" /> <img width="974" height="949" width_o="974" height_o="949" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/979bfd2360cf2e772aec118840b23a4255f248d46ea35c34acbd73a892172ecf/diagram.png" data-mid="41919069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/974/i/979bfd2360cf2e772aec118840b23a4255f248d46ea35c34acbd73a892172ecf/diagram.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b0bd3469c8c95461e44ea9f0be1557b9bf361725a404c70af3393266aa1ac76/analysis.png" data-mid="41919068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b0bd3469c8c95461e44ea9f0be1557b9bf361725a404c70af3393266aa1ac76/analysis.png" /> REFLECTION Conceptually there were a couple ideas around making a slackbot or twitterbot with prescribed identity that I decided did not serve this project, but may be something to put together in the future. Also, early on I played around with out of the box NLG solutions such as Arria https://www.arria.com/, but found they were not flexible enough for my experimentation. This project was a success despite working with old code, broken code, training models without useful results, and many, many hours of grinding at code that amounted to anything. The reason is that this was meant as an opportunity to try different things and see what takes. In the end, I was able to come to a result I feel good about, amassed research and making knowledge related to NLG and NLP, and did put together a working framework to create identities. <img width="1383" height="1089" width_o="1383" height_o="1089" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f20d195c8b1732b60f689565ba0a7233c4169d967245299c0ed90a5a69215a0a/markov_code.png" data-mid="41919072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f20d195c8b1732b60f689565ba0a7233c4169d967245299c0ed90a5a69215a0a/markov_code.png" /> <img width="911" height="991" width_o="911" height_o="991" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/168c86769d442139d44d1035ac9f7bf13dc555a4cf47a2d29ea41570c251efaa/markov_output.png" data-mid="41919073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/911/i/168c86769d442139d44d1035ac9f7bf13dc555a4cf47a2d29ea41570c251efaa/markov_output.png" /> Ultimately my goal for this project gets back to wanting to use the resulting questions and tangential explorations in my design practice to investigate explainable ownership and management of human digital identities. MATERIALS AND TOOLS -Python (2 and 3) -Tensorflow -Python libraries: [markovify, pandas, nltk, pytest, numpy, scipy, scikit-learn, nltk, hmmlearn, matplotlib, fire, regex, requests, tqdm] -IBM Watson NLU -Google Cloud Natural Language AI -GitHub (countless repos) -Terminal PROJECT BRIEF This is a self-directed technology driven project to be used as an opportunity to explore in technologies that may be useful for thesis year. CLASS Creative Technology 3 INSTRUCTORS Maxim Safioulline and Joshua Walton