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Demo: ISOTTA - A Slow Exploration of Power Relations in Writing with Language Models

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Michele Cremaschi,

Maria Menendez-Blanco,

Antonella De AngeliAuthors Info & Claims

CHItaly '23: Proceedings of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter

Article No.: 58, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/3605390.3610826

Published: 20 September 2023 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents ISOTTA (Intelligent System for Organic Tweeting and Thoughtful Artistry), an unconventional artifact aimed at investigating creative writing with Large Language Models. ISOTTA embodies slow technology principles to highlight the productivity disparities between humans and computers and foster a discussion on the resulting implications. ISOTTA provokes critical reflections along the continuum between collaboration and competition in Human-AI interaction in creative endeavors and beyond. These insights mainly address power dynamics regulating the sharing of resources between humans and machines.

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Lewis MSturdee MLengyel DToselli MMiers JOwen VDavis JGaudl SXiao LPriego ESnooks KTurmo Vidal LBlevis EPrivato NPiedade PFord CBryan-Kinns NSeveres BKaipainen KClaisse CHuq REladhari MTroisi AHenriques AGrek AMcmurchy GLc RNabil SJardine JCollins RVlasov AKnight YCremaschi MCarderelli-Gronau SNúñez-Pacheco CReyes-Cruz GRiviere J(2024)Traveling Arts x HCI Sketchbook: Exploring the Intersection Between Artistic Expression and Human-Computer InteractionExtended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3644069(1-14)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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Index Terms

Demo: ISOTTA - A Slow Exploration of Power Relations in Writing with Language Models
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Media arts
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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Cremaschi MDorfmann MDe Angeli A(2024)A Steampunk Critique of Machine Learning AccelerationProceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3643834.3660688(246-257)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3643834.3660688
Lewis MSturdee MLengyel DToselli MMiers JOwen VDavis JGaudl SXiao LPriego ESnooks KTurmo Vidal LBlevis EPrivato NPiedade PFord CBryan-Kinns NSeveres BKaipainen KClaisse CHuq REladhari MTroisi AHenriques AGrek AMcmurchy GLc RNabil SJardine JCollins RVlasov AKnight YCremaschi MCarderelli-Gronau SNúñez-Pacheco CReyes-Cruz GRiviere J(2024)Traveling Arts x HCI Sketchbook: Exploring the Intersection Between Artistic Expression and Human-Computer InteractionExtended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3644069(1-14)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613905.3644069

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