Reflecting Human Values in XAI: Emotional and Reflective Benefits in Creativity Support Tools

TL;DR

This paper explores how explainable AI in arts can enhance user well-being, self-reflection, and emotional benefits, emphasizing the importance of user-centric evaluation measures for creativity support tools.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of incorporating emotional and reflective benefits into XAI evaluation, highlighting the lack of user-centric measures in creativity support tools.

Findings

Identifies key user-centric measures like emotional well-being and self-reflection.

Discusses the potential benefits of XAI in supporting intrinsic abilities.

Proposes discussion on integrating these measures into XAI evaluation.

Abstract

In this workshop paper, we discuss the potential for measures of user-centric benefits (such as emotional well-being) that could be explored when evaluating explainable AI (XAI) systems within the arts. As a background to this, we draw from our recent review of creativity support tool (CST) evaluations, that found a paucity of studies evaluating CSTs for user-centric measures that benefit the user themselves. Specifically, we discuss measures of: (1) developing intrinsic abilities, (2) emotional well-being, (3) self-reflection, and (4) self-perception. By discussing these user-centric measures within the context of XAI and the arts, we wish to provoke discussion regarding the potential of such measures.