National College of Art and Design
Specialisms: Interaction Design / Product Design / Design Research
Location: Dublin, Ireland
AI is being integrated in to many medical devices, and it has the power to change the industry. That is why there is a need for design principles for AI, and more specifically principles with how it should interact with people suffering with dementia. The role of my ‘provotype’ (provocative prototype), Memoria, is a reminiscence therapist bot designed to spark the conversations around these principles. It acts as a conversation starter from many different perspectives to explore and critique potential frameworks that could be employed. From the discussions created in this project, I have paved the way for the foundations of these new design principles.