Adversarial Robots as Creative Collaborators (2402.03691v1)
Abstract: This research explores whether the interaction between adversarial robots and creative practitioners can push artists to rethink their initial ideas. It also explores how working with these robots may influence artists' views of machines designed for creative tasks or collaboration. Many existing robots developed for creativity and the arts focus on complementing creative practices, but what if robots challenged ideas instead? To begin investigating this, I designed UnsTable, a robot drawing desk that moves the paper while participants (N=19) draw to interfere with the process. This inquiry invites further research into adversarial robots designed to challenge creative practitioners.
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