The Talk: Speculative Conversation with Everyday Objects

Abstract

Communication between humans and everyday objects is often implicit. In this paper, we create speculative scenarios where users could have a conversation, as explicit communication, with everyday objects that usually may not have conversational artificial intelligence (AI) installed, such as a book. We present a design fiction narrative and a conversational system about conversations with everyday objects. Our user test showed a positive acceptance of conversation with everyday objects, and users tried to build a human-like relationship with them.