Preparing Future Designers for Human-AI Collaboration in Persona Creation
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This paper presents findings from an exploratory study investigating the use of AI text-generation tools to support novice designers in persona creation. We conducted a workshop with 22 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory human-computer interaction course, who were instructed to use GPT-3 in the creation of personas. These novice designers were able to use GPT-3 to iterate to produce satisfactory personas, particularly when providing detailed prompts. Our findings suggest that personas created with GPT-3 assistance were mostly comparable to those created manually but rated lower on some evaluation dimensions. The study also reveals merits and concerns of using GPT-3 for persona creation. Based on our findings, we propose recommendations for novice designers on how to use text-generative AIs to create personas effectively and responsibly.
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More commonly, systems display suggestions in a separated interface.
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Methods §4.1 describes students using the GPT-3 Playground to generate responses for persona creation, which supports this paper as an example of using a separate AI interface. It does not compare interface designs or establish that displaying suggestions separately is more common. (LLM, conf=0.75)
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- Authors
- Goel, T., Shaer, O., Delcourt, C., Gu, Q., & Cooper, A.
- Affiliations
- Wellesley College (US)
- Wellesley College, United States
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2023-06-13
- Pages
- 1-14
- OpenAlex
- W4386900665
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 13
- FWCI
- 8.57
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Persona Design and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
- Keywords
- persona creation, GPT-3, AI text generation, human-AI collaboration, novice designers, design education, prompt engineering, personas, responsible AI use
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