Tracing the Invisible: Understanding Students' Judgment in AI-Supported Design Work
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| author | Naik, Suchismita Shukla, Prakash Obi, Ike Backus, Jessica Rasche, Nancy Parsons, Paul |
| author_facet | Naik, Suchismita Shukla, Prakash Obi, Ike Backus, Jessica Rasche, Nancy Parsons, Paul |
| contents | As generative AI tools become integrated into design workflows, students increasingly engage with these tools not just as aids, but as collaborators. This study analyzes reflections from 33 student teams in an HCI design course to examine the kinds of judgments students make when using AI tools. We found both established forms of design judgment (e.g., instrumental, appreciative, quality) and emergent types: agency-distribution judgment and reliability judgment. These new forms capture how students negotiate creative responsibility with AI and assess the trustworthiness of its outputs. Our findings suggest that generative AI introduces new layers of complexity into design reasoning, prompting students to reflect not only on what AI produces, but also on how and when to rely on it. By foregrounding these judgments, we offer a conceptual lens for understanding how students engage in co-creative sensemaking with AI in design contexts. |
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| spellingShingle | Tracing the Invisible: Understanding Students' Judgment in AI-Supported Design Work Naik, Suchismita Shukla, Prakash Obi, Ike Backus, Jessica Rasche, Nancy Parsons, Paul Human-Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence As generative AI tools become integrated into design workflows, students increasingly engage with these tools not just as aids, but as collaborators. This study analyzes reflections from 33 student teams in an HCI design course to examine the kinds of judgments students make when using AI tools. We found both established forms of design judgment (e.g., instrumental, appreciative, quality) and emergent types: agency-distribution judgment and reliability judgment. These new forms capture how students negotiate creative responsibility with AI and assess the trustworthiness of its outputs. Our findings suggest that generative AI introduces new layers of complexity into design reasoning, prompting students to reflect not only on what AI produces, but also on how and when to rely on it. By foregrounding these judgments, we offer a conceptual lens for understanding how students engage in co-creative sensemaking with AI in design contexts. |
| title | Tracing the Invisible: Understanding Students' Judgment in AI-Supported Design Work |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08939 |