Invented: 
Objects, images and personas as tools for invention. Part of a series of books by iO-Haptik: In-Forming: Using objects and images to integrate the digital and physical. This book presents experimental images which provide a glimpse into the iterative process often used when designing new kinds of machines, (in this case “speculative vehicles”). To begin, 3-dimensional physical models are arranged on a table. Using haptic feedback, the physical models are analyzed, resulting in new versions and sketches. However, what sets this process apart was the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI). From the physical objects to the sketches on the wall, the AI generated images to provide feedback to human inventors. AI also generated the human “personas” (the human representations seen in the images), as both a reference and parameter to define the characteristics of the output image. Using text prompts the AI was also asked to consider the unique DNA of each persona as a parameter in determining what to include in the image.