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The "humane in the loop": Inclusive research design and policy approaches to foster capacity building assistive technologies in the COVID-19 era.
- Source :
- Assistive Technology; 2022, Vol. 34 Issue 6, p644-652, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic is emerging as a driver of greater reliance on wireless technologies, including intelligent assistive technologies, such as robots and artificial intelligence. We must integrate the humane "into the loop" of human-AT interactions to realize the full potential of wireless inclusion for people with disabilities and older adults. Embedding ethics into these new technologies is critical and requires a co-design approach, with end users participating throughout. Developing humane AT begins with a participatory, user-centered design embedded in an iterative co-creation process, and guided by an ethos prioritizing beneficence, user autonomy and agency. To gain insight into plausible AT development pathways ("futures"), we use scenario planning as a tool to articulate themes in the research literature. Four plausible scenarios are developed and compared to identify one as a desired "humane" future for AT development. Policy and practice recommendations derived from this scenario, and their implications for the role of AT in the advancement of human potential are explored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10400435
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Assistive Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160350581
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2021.1930282