A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants

A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants

May 11–16, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA | Mina Lee, Katy Ilonka Gero, John Joon Young Chung, Simon Buckingham Shum, Vipul Raheja, Hua Shen, Subhashini Venugopalan, Thiem Wambgsans, David Zhou, Emad A. Alghamdi, Tal August, Avinash Bhat, Madha Zahrah Choksi, Senjuti Dutta, Jin L.C. Guo, Md Naimul Hoque, Yewon Kim, Simon Knight, Seyed Parsa Neshaei, Agnia Sergeyuk, Antonette Shibani, Disha Shrivastava, Lila Shroff, Jessi Stark, Sarah Sterman, Sitong Wang, Antoine Bosselut, Daniel Buschek, Joseph Chee Chang, Sherol Chen, Max Kreminski, Joonsuk Park, Roy Pea, Eugenia H. Rho, Shannon Zejiang Shen, Pao Siangliuue
The paper "A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants" by Mina Lee and colleagues addresses the fragmented research landscape of writing assistants across various communities, such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Computational Social Science (CSS). To bridge this gap, the authors propose a *design space* as a structured framework to explore the multidimensional space of intelligent and interactive writing assistants. This design space is based on five key aspects: task, user, technology, interaction, and ecosystem. Each aspect includes dimensions and codes that represent fundamental components and potential options, respectively. The authors systematically reviewed 115 papers to identify these dimensions and codes, resulting in a design space with 35 dimensions and 143 codes. The design space aims to provide researchers and designers with a practical tool to navigate, understand, and compare the various possibilities of writing assistants, aiding in the creation of innovative and ethical designs. The paper also includes illustrative scenarios to demonstrate how the design space can be used by different stakeholders. The authors release their annotated papers as a living artifact to promote community involvement and refinement of the design space.The paper "A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants" by Mina Lee and colleagues addresses the fragmented research landscape of writing assistants across various communities, such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Computational Social Science (CSS). To bridge this gap, the authors propose a *design space* as a structured framework to explore the multidimensional space of intelligent and interactive writing assistants. This design space is based on five key aspects: task, user, technology, interaction, and ecosystem. Each aspect includes dimensions and codes that represent fundamental components and potential options, respectively. The authors systematically reviewed 115 papers to identify these dimensions and codes, resulting in a design space with 35 dimensions and 143 codes. The design space aims to provide researchers and designers with a practical tool to navigate, understand, and compare the various possibilities of writing assistants, aiding in the creation of innovative and ethical designs. The paper also includes illustrative scenarios to demonstrate how the design space can be used by different stakeholders. The authors release their annotated papers as a living artifact to promote community involvement and refinement of the design space.
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