"I am from all over the world": moving towards a healthier voice enabled internet by acknowledging how it is built

Abstract

In "Our Friends Electric"* Rogers et al. [4] advocate for internet health by exploring preferable future scenarios for voice enabled internet technologies. The fictional designs in the film were developed from 4 position statements that reflect a core set of values by which to measure internet health. In this provocation, one of these position statements is taken and used to propose a preferable near-present scenario; a small design change to current voice assistants that acknowledges the contributions that nations and their peoples make to the production of the voice enabled internet. Finally, envisioning this design change reveals the potential for the internet to provide an openness and neutrality that the real-world cannot.