Drag or Traction: Understanding How Designers Appropriate Friction in AI Ideation Outputs

1. 1Introduce fragmentation to AI output to make it more malleable
2. 2Use delay to slow down the design process and encourage human reflection
3. 3Implement ambiguity to prompt users to fill in gaps and generate their own ideas
4. 4Evaluate the effectiveness of Generative Friction in avoiding design fixation and promoting human contribution

Designers and AI researchers on a team benefit from understanding Generative Friction, as it helps them create AI systems that facilitate human ideation and collaboration

💡 Intentional disruptions to AI output can transform it from a finished product to a semi-finished material, inviting human contribution

🤖💡 Generative Friction: disrupting AI output to spark human creativity