Prototype development
Image Credit: Julia Ullrich
The research group Human-Centered Computing offered the workshop "Hey Siri, how do I cook my favorite dish?" during which the participants looked behind the scenes of virtual assistants. After a short introduction to the history and technology behind virtual assistants, we talked about the girls' experiences with chatbots and virtual assistants. Most were familiar with voice assistants like Siri and Alexa. They shared their concerns that such devices actively listen to their surroundings and could be activated accidentally, even when the users didn't mean to. Although they had not used ChatGPT themselves, they had many stories to tell about relatives using it in various settings, for example, for generating drafts for emails.