plot Bot
non-linear AI Chatbot:
sample and merge messages to generate alternative timelines
2024
For: Harvard GSD 6365 Enactive Design
Role: Web Developer
Research Question
Overview
Chatbots often work linearly — you say something and the bot generates a reply.“Discussion” is often not truly generative, seldom exposing the biases that exist within chatbots and human ideologies alike.
Through the playful lens of conspiracy theories, we explore creativity and idea connection, while also subtly encouraging the user to critically examine information and systems of belief. Through PlotBot, we also attempt to make the experience of chatting with a bot more interactive and iterative - rewind time, create novel new conspiracies, and perhaps see what might happen if you combine the flat earth theory with the JFK assassination.