Oct. 4, 2023

Entanglements

Kathryn Blair, a PhD student in Computational Media Design, has recently created a narrative game as part of their research, and would like to invite you to try it out

Entanglements is a narrative game exploring AI and automated decision-making systems. You start using a new social media app that can use your history to predict what you’ll say and who you want to talk to. As your friends tell you about their struggles with their jobs, social media accounts, and police surveillance, your app starts taking a personal interest in helping them out … maybe a little too personal.

Play Entanglements at http://kblair.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/entanglements. Entanglements was created by Kathryn Blair and Zach McKendrick.

For those who are interested, Kathryn is also conducting optional interviews with people who have played the game! The info about the study (REB19-0395) and how to sign up is available in the game. Any questions can be sent to Kathryn.blair@ucalgary.ca.