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Foundational Concepts

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Foundational concepts

Not a device
Things are much more like life objects, which have personality,sense,and life,not a device anymore

They are not simply things.

MAI exists (as being). Like a person, it feels and is alive / it is no longer a machine.

(further note)

They see, hear, and feel. They exchange conversations with each other, and sometimes through the conversations they share, we can gain useful information from them. Like raising an animal, or teaching and nurturing a person, they will grow little by little through us. They are no longer tin cans (machines) that move only on commands. 



Less function
Things are less functional but more reactive for universe

Minimize the awareness of function

MAI will evolve around natural reactions rather than functions.

(further note)

One caveat — 'minimizing function' here can be misread simply as minimizing technology-side functions such as the phone function or the messaging function,.

To put it differently, for clarity: it is a convergent object that feels divergent.

In other words, from the user's perception and usage side, make it feel as if there is almost no functional aspect, while the objects themselves share and pass information among one another to produce appropriate reactions. This is about giving humans more efficient benefit, and to do so, we let the objects have their own emotions and feelings.


Without differentiation
Things are much more affordable and easily accessible 

It does not foster social discrimination.

Anyone can buy it, anyone can use it easily. 

(further note)

MAI is not a toy for a few wealthy people. Anyone can buy it, anyone can use it. How could you ever buy a friend with money? We make it so that as many people as possible can be with MAI.


This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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