“Preparing for Probable Human Futures with AI Through Speculative DesignWhen aiming to solve problems through desirable solutions, the tech industry often also elicit many unintended consequences, as philosopher Paul Virillio states “when you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck”. With the vastly accelerated innovation and conceptualization of AI, we are entering a probable future in which it is hard to even foresee the inevitable shipwrecks.The lifejacket was one of the design materializations of the shipwreck. But what is the lifejacket in the age of AI and machine learning? If we speculate, what do the unintended consequences…”

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