Near Future Cities of Things

Addressing Dilemmas Through Design Fiction

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

M.L. Lupetti Human Information Communication Design - IDE
I.R. Smit Human Information Communication Design - IDE
N. Cila Universiteit van Amsterdam
Research Group
Human Information Communication Design (IDE) (TU Delft)
Design fiction Dilemmas Smart cities Co-performance Agentic things Future scenario
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

Research Group

Human Information Communication Design

Abstract

The smart city infrastructure will soon start to include smart agents, i.e., agentic things, which co-exist and co-perform with human citizens. This near-future scenario explores the flexible types of collaborations and relationships between the human and nonhuman citizens. Drawing on current technology forecasts and AI/robotics literature, we created five fictional concepts for reflecting on themes we deem important for such collaborations: responsibility, delegation, relationship, priority, and adaptation. The promises, challenges and threats of these themes are discussed in this paper, together with the new questions that were opened up through the use of design fiction as a method.