The Design Space of Generative Models
This work addresses the problem of systematically incorporating generative AI into HCI practices, but it is incremental as it builds on existing design space concepts.
The paper tackles the need for design spaces to integrate generative AI models into human-centered systems, proposing two design spaces: one for how HCI can impact generative models and another for how generative models can impact HCI.
Card et al.'s classic paper "The Design Space of Input Devices" established the value of design spaces as a tool for HCI analysis and invention. We posit that developing design spaces for emerging pre-trained, generative AI models is necessary for supporting their integration into human-centered systems and practices. We explore what it means to develop an AI model design space by proposing two design spaces relating to generative AI models: the first considers how HCI can impact generative models (i.e., interfaces for models) and the second considers how generative models can impact HCI (i.e., models as an HCI prototyping material).