SPACE10 is a "future-living lab" based in Copenhagen. Exploring possible future scenarios, it wants to meet the challenges and design for people's dreams and aspirations.
Supported and organized by NUS and Inter IKEA Systems B.V., the Denmark-bound innovation created "Do You Speak Human". It is meant to survey people about what they would like to see in the future's AI. The survey seeks to establish what customers would like to see in a potential virtual assistant for smart furniture.
The survey asks questions about preferences like gender for AI, the form AI should take, the value it should reflect and others. It also asks about issues like privacy, and whether it is acceptable for an AI to collect data to improve experience.
The research that goes with the initiative "playful research", is all about to answer curiosity for how "people feel about" AI.
"Do You Speak Human" is a simple exploration of how conversational technology can foster meaningful dialogues and interactions with the many people.
IKEA is known to be the multinational furniture company that was quick to embed technologies into its products. From wireless charging to affordable smart lights people can control from mobile devices. With SPACE10, it's merely testing new possibilities, collecting information about public perception on AI.
