AIES Study: People Want AI for Chores and Personal Life, Not Job Improvement
MaartenSap · x · 2026-10-10
- Maarten Sap's team, in a 2024 AIES paper, built a speculative design framework asking people what AI use cases they actually wanted.
- Findings paint a bleak picture of society: participants didn't ask for better job performance or hobby replacement, but for help navigating personal life and chores.
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