Co-performance: Conceptualizing the Role of Artificial Agency in the Design of Everyday Life
summary
Introduces co-performance as a reconceptualization of artificial agency that puts computational artifacts alongside humans within social practice theory, demonstrated through historical analysis of domestic heating and the design of a smart thermostat. Argues that delegating decisions to devices produces measurable shifts: temperature becomes a dominant appropriateness metric, user programming skills decline, and professional design practices gain power through cycles of delegation, raising risks for exceptional situations and long-term everyday change.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 1:37Smart thermostat example
- 2:40Practice theory foundations
- 5:33Human agency in practice theory
- 6:56Introducing Co-performance
- 7:41Implications for HCI design
- 9:26Analytic implications
- 10:48Designing for Co-performance
- 11:30Conclusion and future work
- 12:18Q&A session
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