Civic Meetup #561: Dark patterns 2.0: Manipulative design in the age of AI
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New technologies and organizations’ practices are regularly placing pressures and challenges on our privacy and transparency rights. This month, Civic Tech Toronto and the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario are highlighting the work to defend, enforce, explain and update these rights.
Topic: Dark patterns 2.0: Manipulative design in the age of AI
"Dark patterns" are user interface design tactics that influence users to make choices that benefit an online service. Traditionally, dark patterns have relied on visual design elements and encouraged superficial user actions like clicking a button. However, dark patterns are now appearing in interactive dialogue between users and AI chatbots. This talk discusses why AI dark patterns may pose novel privacy risks and be especially difficult to resist – especially for young users.
Speaker: Dominique Kelly [joining remotely]
Dominique Kelly is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University. Her research interests include dark patterns, data privacy, and the social and cognitive effects of interacting with generative AI.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct: https://civictech.ca/about-us
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack: https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic meetups bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info: https://civictech.ca
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Interested in speaking at a future event, or know someone who'd be a great speaker? We'd love to hear from you:
https://link.civictech.ca/speaker-suggestions
Have a space that could host up to 80 civic-minded folks for an evening? Consider recommending your venue:
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Civic Meetup #561: Dark patterns 2.0: Manipulative design in the age of AI
New technologies and organizations’ practices are regularly placing pressures and challenges on our privacy and transparency rights. This month, Civic Tech Toronto and the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario are highlighting the work to defend, enforce, explain and update these rights.
Topic: Dark patterns 2.0: Manipulative design in the age of AI
"Dark patterns" are user interface design tactics that influence users to make choices that benefit an online service. Traditionally, dark patterns have relied on visual design elements and encouraged superficial user actions like clicking a button. However, dark patterns are now appearing in interactive dialogue between users and AI chatbots. This talk discusses why AI dark patterns may pose novel privacy risks and be especially difficult to resist – especially for young users.
Speaker: Dominique Kelly [joining remotely]
Dominique Kelly is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University. Her research interests include dark patterns, data privacy, and the social and cognitive effects of interacting with generative AI.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct: https://civictech.ca/about-us
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack: https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic meetups bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info: https://civictech.ca
--
Interested in speaking at a future event, or know someone who'd be a great speaker? We'd love to hear from you:
https://link.civictech.ca/speaker-suggestions
Have a space that could host up to 80 civic-minded folks for an evening? Consider recommending your venue:
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