Post-human interaction design, yes, but cautiously
This addresses a philosophical and design problem for AI researchers and designers, but it is incremental as it builds on existing critiques of humanism in technology.
The paper argues that current AI technology embeds a Cartesian humanist logic, leading to problematic anthropomorphism in smart object design, and advocates for a redesign based on embodied sensemaking to better support posthuman values like collectivity and community.
Post-human design runs the risk of obscuring the fact that AI technology actually imports a Cartesian humanist logic, which subsequently influences how we design and conceive of so-called smart or intelligent objects. This leads to unwanted metaphorical attributions of human qualities to smart objects. Instead, starting from an embodied sensemaking perspective, designers should demand of engineers to radically transform the very structure of AI technology, in order to truly support critical posthuman values of collectivity, relationality and community building.