Abstract
McKinsey Global Institute’s report on the economic potential of generative AI emphasizes the capacity of generative AI to dramatically transform our world and our purpose in society. However, it also calls us to act now to contain the potential of generative AI to upset our lives and livelihoods. The author of this speculative design project seeks to understand the realities of the ‘AI race’ and its effect on our humanity by developing a speculative scenario where AI experiences human struggles for independence and equality. Thus, the author presents the audience with a human-centered mentality applied to a fictional AI-centered world. The first phase of this project is a fictional social media campaign for an AI-led protest movement on Instagram. It promotes safe and responsible AI practices and opposes unethical training and use of AI. The account shares activist messages generated with publicly-available generative AI models and prompts used to create them. This project widens an accessible and inclusive discourse about the human aspect of new technologies and our responsibilities as their creators.
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Design activism, More–than-human-design, Speculative design, Social design, Design justice
