Maria Séves is a Brazilian/Portuguese UX artist with a BSc in Computer Engineering from PUC-Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As an engineer, she developed resilience, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Enjoying exploring the world and using creativity to find new problems to solve, she decided to pursue further studies in UX. For two years, she was a UX Designer at IBM, overviewing the design of chatbot solutions. Maria is passionate about technology, and her main interests are UX Research, Creative Computing and Conversational AI Design. In her free time, she enjoys running and knitting.
Backstory
The personality of an AI can dictate a lot of the interactions humans get from it. It is always there, whether you plan for it or not. Backstory is a digital platform to aid designers in making conscious decisions about their conversational assistants' personality traits and tone of voice. Through this guided journey, designers can reflect on the different aspects that constitute the backstory of their AI. Start by outlining the design's goals and audience, reflect on the appearance, personality and tone of voice, and terminate by considering how this design can affect different social groups.
The personality of an AI can dictate a lot of the interactions humans get from it. It is always there, whether you plan for it or not. Backstory is a digital platform to aid designers in making conscious decisions about their conversational assistants' personality traits and tone of voice. Through this guided journey, designers can reflect on the different aspects that constitute the backstory of their AI. Start by outlining the design's goals and audience, reflect on the appearance, personality and tone of voice, and terminate by considering how this design can affect different social groups.