The role of artificial intelligence as `text' within design

Paul A. Rodgers, Avon P. Huxor

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    Abstract

    The paper describes a new approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in design. This approach argues that AI can be seen as ‘text’, or in other words as a medium for the communication of design knowledge and information between designers. This paper will apply these ideas to reinterpreting an existing knowledge-based system (KBS) design tool, that is, CADET—a product design evaluation tool. The paper will discuss the authorial issues, amongst others, involved in the development of AI and KBS design tools by adopting this new approach. Consequently, the designers’ rights and responsibilities will be better understood as the knowledge medium, through its concern with authorship, returns control to users rather than attributing the system with agent status.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)143-160
    Number of pages18
    JournalDesign Studies
    Volume19
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1998

    Keywords

    • artificial intelligence
    • authored text
    • expert systems
    • non-quantifiable
    • product

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