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This article discusses opportunities and limitations of AI-based technologies in a speculative design co-creative process. The aim is to evaluate co-creative models involving human and computational agents in future-oriented design processes to critically engages with technology and future perspectives. We present a mixed-initiative process for the co-design of speculative design worldbuilding. We discuss a section of the entire process with the aim to identify possible collaborative model between human and computational agents that rely on available and accessible AI-based technologies.
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Popularized by Christopher Frayling [26], Reasearch through Design aims to build design knowledge through the practice of design itself. It differentiates from Research for Design and Research into Design for conceiving research an integral part of the design process and for using the designed artifact (or service) as a means for the generation and communication of knowledge [27].
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Calleo, A., Vignali, V. (2025). Mixed-Initiative Worldbuilding in Speculative Design Experimental Practices. In: Santos, M.F., Machado, J., Novais, P., Cortez, P., Moreira, P.M. (eds) Progress in Artificial Intelligence. EPIA 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 14967. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73497-7_6
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