Field research, immersion, observation, shadowing… whatever you wanna call it, that raw and confronting bit of design research is what I’ve been up to the last couple of weeks on our latest project at work.

What does it mean to be human? Is it about having emotions? Do the relationships we form make us special? Or is humanity just a program that can be emulated?

Even before AI existed, we’ve been dreaming about it in books and film. What can these representations tell us about the potential opportunities and pitfalls of this technology?