Shift and Blend: Understanding the hybrid character of computing artefacts on a tool-agent spectrum

Marco Rozendaal; Evert van Beek; Pim Haselager; David Abbink; Catholijn M. Jonker

doi:10.1145/3406499.3415066

Shift and Blend: Understanding the hybrid character of computing artefacts on a tool-agent spectrum

Marco Rozendaal, Evert van Beek, Pim Haselager, David Abbink, Catholijn M. Jonker

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Abstract

In the context of human-agent interaction, we see the emergence of computational artefacts that display hybridity because they can be experienced as tools and agents. In this paper we propose a tool-agent spectrum as an analytical lens that uses ‘intention’ as a central concept. This spectrum aims to clarify how a computational object can change from being conducive to the intentions of others (‘tool’) to appearing to have intentions of its own (‘agent’), or vice versa. We have applied this analytical lens to unravel people’s experiences in two hybrid cases; guide dogs as a living mobility aid for the visually impaired and an experimental wearable object named “BagSight” as a rudimentary artificial
counterpart. We compared both cases through the lens of a toolagent spectrum and elaborate on these results by discussing some of the principles by which computational artefacts can shift across the spectrum. We conclude by discussing the limitations of this study and provide suggestions for future work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	171-178
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450380546
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-8054-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3415066
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (Virtual Event) - New York, NY, United States Duration: 10 Nov 2020 → 13 Nov 2020

Publication series

Name	HAI 2020 -Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (Virtual Event)
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York, NY
Period	10/11/20 → 13/11/20

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care

Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

Hybridity
interaction design
computational artefacts
tool-agent spectrum
intention

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Rozendaal, M., van Beek, E., Haselager, P., Abbink, D., & Jonker, C. M. (2020). Shift and Blend: Understanding the hybrid character of computing artefacts on a tool-agent spectrum. In HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (pp. 171-178). (HAI 2020 -Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3415066

Rozendaal, Marco ; van Beek, Evert ; Haselager, Pim et al. / Shift and Blend : Understanding the hybrid character of computing artefacts on a tool-agent spectrum. HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. New York : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020. pp. 171-178 (HAI 2020 -Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction).

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Rozendaal, M , van Beek, E, Haselager, P, Abbink, D & Jonker, CM 2020, Shift and Blend: Understanding the hybrid character of computing artefacts on a tool-agent spectrum. in HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. HAI 2020 -Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, pp. 171-178, International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (Virtual Event), New York, NY, United States, 10/11/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406499.3415066

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Rozendaal M , van Beek E, Haselager P, Abbink D , Jonker CM. Shift and Blend: Understanding the hybrid character of computing artefacts on a tool-agent spectrum. In HAI 2020 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction. New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2020. p. 171-178. (HAI 2020 -Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction). doi: 10.1145/3406499.3415066

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