AÑO
2019
CATEGORÍA
Hogar
OBJETIVOS
Equilibrar la inteligencia humana y artificial
PAL. CLAVE
privacy, artificial intelligence, Customisation
PAÍS
Denmark
CRÉDITOS
Bjørn Karmann (DK) - Tellart
Tore Knudsen (DK) - Topp
LINK
http://bjoernkarmann.dk/project_alias
Project Alias
Alias is a teachable “parasite”; designed to give users more control over their smart assistants
Alias is a teachable “parasite” that is designed to give users more control over their smart assistants, both when it comes to customisation and privacy. Through a simple app the user can train Alias to react on a custom wake-word/sound, and once trained, Alias can take control over your home assistant by activating it for you.
When you don't use it, Alias will make sure the assistant is paralysed and unable to listen by interrupting its microphones.
Our interaction patterns are highly determined by the designers of these products, and with Alias we are interested in how this power relation can be redefined, especially when it comes to privacy. The exciting future that “smart” technologies can give us often comes with conditions that diminish our privacy. With Alias we want to challenge this condition and ask what kind of “smart” we actually want in the future.