2024年11月16日 星期六

week 12. thought experiments

1. EX5 分享,final project idea sharing

2. Thought experiments (Speculative Everything  一書的文字)

"One way this might be possible is to treat design speculations not as
narratives or coherent “worlds” but as thought experiments—constructions,
crafted from ideas expressed through design—that help us think about
difficult issues." p. 80. SE
"一個可行之道是不要把設計推測當成敘事或條理分明的「世界」看待,而要視為能幫助我們思考困難議題的思想實驗――用經由設計表達的構思,精心建造的物品。 " P. 105

"Thought experiments are usually done in fields
where it is possible to precisely define limits and rules, such as mathematics,
science (particularly physics), and philosophy (especially ethics) to test
ideas, refute theories, challenge limits, or explore possible implications.
They make full use of the imagination and are often beautiful designs in
themselves."

"思想實驗通常是在有可能劃定界線和規則的領域進行,例如數學、科學(特別是物理學)和哲學(尤其是倫理學),來測試構思、駁斥理論、質疑限制或探究可能的後果。¹ 它們充分運用想像力,本身也常是美麗的設計。"

"One of our favorite forms of thought experiment uses reductio ad absurdum,
a type of logical argument in which one assumes a claim for the sake of
argument and derives an absurd or ridiculous outcome by taking it to its
extreme, concluding that the original claim must have been wrong because it
led to such an absurd result."

"我們最鍾意的一種思想實驗是採用歸謬法(reductio ad absurdum),在這種邏輯論證中,我們為便於討論,假設了某個主張,並將之推演到極致而導出荒謬的結果,進而斷定,既然原來的主張會產生如此荒謬的結果,它必是謬誤。" P. 107

"Another well-established form of thought experiment is the counterfactual. A
historical fact is changed to see what might have happened, if. . . . It is
sometimes used in history to understand the importance of key events and
their influence on how the world turned out."

"另一個已廣為接受的思想實驗形式是反事實(counterfactual):改變歷史事實來看看,假如……可能會發生什麼事。歷史學有時會運用這種實驗來了解關鍵事件的重要性,以及它們對世界如何演變的影響。" P. 107


"...we are
more interested in using props to transport viewers’ imagination into a
thought experiment, or what-if, and allow enough room for them to make
their own interpretations." p. 93, SE

"我們更有興趣利用道具來將觀者的想像力移轉到思想實驗,或「要是……會怎麼樣」,讓他們有足夠的空間做自己的詮釋。" P. 121


Generally speaking, there are seven types of thought experiments in which one reasons from causes to effects, or effects to causes. (wikipedia)

(1) 

Prefactual (事前) (未來導向,事前推測)

Prefactual (before the fact) thought experiments — — speculate on possible future outcomes, given the present, and ask "What will be the outcome if event E occurs?"


 (2)

Counterfactual (反事實) (過去導向,事前推測)

Counterfactual (contrary to established fact) thought experiments —  — speculate on the possible outcomes of a different past; and ask "What might have happened if A had happened instead of B?" 





(3)

Semifactual (半事實)  (過去導向,事前推測)


Semifactual thought experiments — — speculate on the extent to which things might have remained the same, despite there being a different past; and asks the question Even though X happened instead of E, would Y have still occurred? 







(4)



Prediction (預測) (未來導向,事前推測)

The activity of prediction attempts to project the circumstances of the present into the future.




(5)

Hindcasting (後報) (過去導向,事前推測)

The activity of hindcasting involves running a forecast model after an event has happened in order to test whether the model's simulation is valid.


(6)

Retrodiction (追溯) (過去導向,事後推測)


The activity of retrodiction (or postdiction) involves moving backwards in time, step-by-step, in as many stages as are considered necessary, from the present into the speculated past to establish the ultimate cause of a specific event (e.g., reverse engineeringand forensics).






(7)



Backcasting (未來回溯) (未來導向,事後推測)


he activity of backcasting —involves establishing the description of a very definite and very specific future situation. It then involves an imaginary moving backwards in time, step-by-step, in as many stages as are considered necessary, from the future to the present to reveal the mechanism through which that particular specified future could be attained from the present.






See Blade runner 2049 ->2048 nowhere to run -> 2036 Nexus Dawn -> Blackout 2022

Bladerunner (1982) 2019



















Next week: (11/25)
1. propose "Final Project Agenda" (參考 The poetics of design fiction)
2. implement first step(s) of your agenda 
  

2024年11月9日 星期六

week 11. experiential speculation & narratives from the future

0. Students present "Design Fiction with AI"  concepts


Experience sharing: Daily photos with Neuromancer texts

                                                   Taipei Stree photo with "The Invisible City" texts

Experiential speculation v.s. Conceptual speculation



Stuart Candy and Jake Dunagan. 2017. Designing an experiential scenario: The People Who Vanished. Futures 86: 136–153.


v.s. 

UMK by Dunne

來自後攻殼動隊時代的一封信

1. 未來與現在的人物關係描述
2. 錨點事件 (anchor event) 引入情境
3. what-if 規則造成的後果與危機
4. 解除危機的邀請與行動開展的召喚



Paper reading:
The poetics of design fictions
(the narrative diagram)

Extrapolation Diagram, by Chris Woebken (via About - The Extrapolation Factory)


PPPP by Dunne & Raby


                                     http://speculative.hr/en/category/works-en/
















Questions:
1. What is the possible narrative scheme? Illustrate it with diagram (分組討論)
2. What are the anchors? objects, human, place, legend, or ritual?

Practice: a letter from future

Compose a letter from future where the anchor event has just happened.
This letter should sensitize the relationship between future and the present, inspire how to conduct a design research, and fictionize your roles and worlds.

Final project requirement:
 AI X Everyday Entanglement (with a fictional world, eg. Neuromancer, Ghost in the Shell, Bladerunner,...)

Demo & Exhibition
1. posters (any size)
2. Design fiction props (artifacts, newspapers, DMs, ..., any other kinds of format)
3. 10 mins presentation (using PPT or report in ACM format)

Report, photos (or trailers) :
2. ACM SIGCHI Extend Abstract (EA) format 6~10 pages
3. includes: Introduction, Background, Design research gaps, The Design, the deployment in contexts (real or fictional, simulated), Probing and Data collecting, Findings and Implications, Discussion, and Conclusion
4. photos include: mood boards, concept sketches, final props and visuals, speculative scenarios in Everyday contexts (home, street, office, city, ...)

Due date: 12/16, 2024
upload to google drive

2024年11月3日 星期日

week 10. material speculation

A letter from an alumni recalling this course ten years before. (show thanks and respects)
What if we receive a letter from a student ten years later to remember the class now?

1. students present EX5 (AI-generative Images with EX4 stories)

other Neuromancer related objects and scenarios:





William Gibson's Neuromancer: Concept Art

2. Paper reading: Material Speculation (AA'15)
3. Rung-Huei Liang. 2013. Pragmatist Poetics in Interaction Design. (IASDR 2013)


"Bachelard sets material imagination apart from formal imagination [2]. Rather than being conceived intellectually in formal imagination, material imagination is an idea that comes from contact with nature material, such as water and fire." p. 2524



Questions:
  1. What are counterfactual artifacts?
       (containing an 'if'- clause that is contrary to fact)
      nonfunctional prototypes, storytelling props, fictional objects
  2. What is Possible World Theory?
  3. What is pragmatist speculation?
  4. What is formal speculation v.s. material speculation?


Final Project: (proposal 11/11)
Design Fiction with AI 
 
team-work or individual 
At least 3 ideas and the possible forms of design fiction for final project 




2024年10月27日 星期日

week 9. design fiction

1. students present EX5 (AI-generative Images with EX4 stories)
2. What is Design Fiction?
    What is Prop?
    What is Diegetic Prototype?




Core77 2022 Speculative Design

The Solution Printer: Magic Realist Design Fiction


Discussion:
1. What are the differences between Design Fiction and Speculative Design?
    (clear fiction v.s. techno-poetic speculation)
2. Aesthetics of speculation: What if an an everyday object is a diegetic prototype of another possible world?


How about science fiction?




also see TEI 2017 student design challenge references:

Watching/Reading List
We encourage wild, obscure references to any kind of sci-fi media. Here’s some our favourite to get you started


      • Vermilion sands [JG Ballard] - Houses with memory, living fashion and sound jewellry.
      • Rainbows End [Vernor Vinge] - Augmented Reality, haptic feedback and silent messages.
      • Snow Crash [Neil Stephenson] - Virtual reality, physical augmentations.
      • Her [Spike Jonze] - computers as people, ubiquitous computing, super AI.
      • Matrix [The Wachowski Brothers] - simulated reality, downloading programs into the brain
      • Blade Runner [Ridley Scott] - Dystopian futures, Androids and AI, replication of beings.
      • Brainstorm [Douglas Trumbull] - physically experiencing somebody else's reality
      • Diamond Age [Neil Stephenson] - parenting from afar via evolving storytelling
      • Dune [Frank Herbert] - cognitive augmentation

https://tei.acm.org/2017/sdc.php















EX:
觀察生活周遭, 拍照片表達對照的概念
   例如:
   未來 vs. 過去, 推測的世界 (what we have the potential to become) vs. 現狀  (what we are) 
   都市場景, 交通工具, 廢墟/大樓, 生活用品, 信仰, 政治, 國際經濟, 權力, 社會制度, 家庭制    度, 教育, 身體, 運動, 休閒, 品牌, 符號, 文字, 自然環境, 物種....




Reference:

Design fictions an introduction and provisional taxonomy

by Derek Hales

Neuromancer
Part I : Chiba City Blues

"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

神經喚術士
第一部: 千葉市藍調

"港口上空是電視的顏色,電視調至死頻的顏色。"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1kJI-UvYwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNVbrHjX-xs








2024年10月20日 星期日

week 8. soundscape fiction project demo (EX5)

 1.  AI aided soundscape fiction demo

2. Introducing Part II Design Fiction

        Design Fiction

        Transmedia Narratives & Simulacra

        Material Speculation

EX5 (AI-generative Images with EX4 stories)

1. Choose one story in your EX4

2. generate several images to illustrate your stories

3. summarize your method (including texts, texts-to-image, prompts, structure, style,...) 


2024年10月12日 星期六

week 7. fictional soundscape & sonic possible world

[Tutorial]
    Introducing ChatGPT as an AI tool for narrative making
    Using Text-to-Speech software to create narrative voices
    Making Layered sounds as fictional soundscape
   


Ekkomaten—exploring the echo as a design fiction concept

Sonic Possible Worlds by salomé voegelin






BBC Radio Afternoon Drama - Forever Mankind



Moon graffiti by Near Future Lab (Counterfactual thought experiment)



The truth podcast: Moon Graffiti, 2011/2/11
http://www.thetruthpodcast.com/story/2015/10/15/moon-graffiti

Feature Lab:
  Near Future Lab
  Blog

非洲太空計畫


Once Upon a Future - IoX project
  Science fiction radio play by BBC






Frozen in Time: Radio Sci Fi Drama



SCIFI Channel: DUST




Confabulation/Speculation/Reminiscence ?

中文科幻廣播劇:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1TUcVGSLWg




Imagine you are a future anthropologist, record soundscape of Taipei:
record the following 4 types of sound

1. Ambient sound
2. Foreground sound (music, movie themes...)
3. human voice, conversation, news report, TV talk show...
4. sound clips from science fiction films

possible worlds interactive short film: Possibilia

2024年10月5日 星期六

week 6. speculative aesthetics sharing & narrative workshop

I. speculative aesthetics sharing (1.5 hr)

 EX3 學生報告 (2024/10/7): 

speculative aesthetics around the life world:
請觀察生活周遭, 拍照片表達奇異的推測美感(aesthetics of speculation)、技術詩意(techno-poetic)、類平行世界、almost impossible reality。

Deadline: 2024/10/7

上傳至雲端硬碟,並印出兩張與同學交換。

Sharing Activity:
0. 全班分組 (每組3-5人)
1.  將自己的兩張照片分別與不同的同學交換
2.  各自針對拿到的照片,進行"推測特質" 標註 (使用便利貼)
3.  組內討論與分享照片心得
4.  以組為單位,歸納 至少20 個 "推測特質"
  參考過去成果:
out-of-place,
out-of-time,
multiple possible worlds,
hidden truth,
object's viewpoint,
other unknown actor's viewpoint,
other species viewpoints
withdrawal,
resistance,
object's enjoyment (allure, emotion),
non-human (machine, AI)'s perspective,
strange object-to-object relationship,
unknown purpose
useless design
strange ritual
serious equipment for unknown tasks
formal spatial arrangement for unknown activities
deserted space for a specific task

 5. 每組推薦2~3張 照片,分享報告給全班同學,並分享歸納的"推測特質"

II. 敘事練習 (1.5 hr)

EX4: (10/7 week 6 in-class workshop, upload deadline 10/14)
1. 選定一段科幻小說(代表未來可能世界,摘錄做成幾張牌卡例如"神經幻術士")、一段懷舊小說(代表過去可能世界,摘錄做成幾張牌卡例如"天橋上的魔術師")、一段日常生活紀錄(代表現在真實世界,錄音逐字稿摘錄片段)
2. 依照[時間架構句型總表.pptx]的時空模型,創作至少五種敘事,並畫出時空敘事架構圖。

workshop activity
0. 全班分組 (每組3-5人)
1. 簡單分享 "未來文本" 牌卡,"過去文本" 牌卡
2. 每人選定一段自己的日常錄音紀錄文,並選出五種時空敘事模式
3. 可以使用自己或組員的 牌卡 來組合敘事
4. 可使用 chatGPT 生成符合要求的敘事
5. 每位同學分享一段自己最有感覺的敘事。