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Landoni_2025_ACM_IDC_3713043.3733253
Conference paper (in proceedings)

On the good-enough effect : children reflect on their AI-generated portraits

  • Zanardi, Irene ORCID Istituto Dalle Molle di studi sull'intelligenza artificiale (IDSIA), Facoltà di scienze informatiche, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) e Dipartimento tecnologie innovative (DTI), Scuola universitaria professionale Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Svizzera
  • Dedò, Shana ORCID Istituto Dalle Molle di studi sull'intelligenza artificiale (IDSIA), Facoltà di scienze informatiche, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) e Dipartimento tecnologie innovative (DTI), Scuola universitaria professionale Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Svizzera
  • Landoni, Monica ORCID Istituto Dalle Molle di studi sull'intelligenza artificiale (IDSIA), Facoltà di scienze informatiche, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) e Dipartimento tecnologie innovative (DTI), Scuola universitaria professionale Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Svizzera
  • 2025
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  • ACM, Interaction Design and Children (IDC). - 2025, p. 154-157
GenAI
Children
Biases
Reflection
English In this pictorial, we describe an activity in which 26 10-year-old children used GenAI to create self-portraits by choosing one of four generated images, suggesting changes, and reflecting on their overall experience. By analyzing their choices and rejections, we investigated whether GenAI could elicit meaningful reflection on its limitations, particularly in representing diverse identities. While we saw moments of awareness, many children accepted results that were simply “good enough,” often focusing on surface-level changes. This Good Enough Effect emphasizes the risk of initial satisfaction limiting more profound engagement. Our main contribution is to show GenAI's ability to spark reflection while also emphasizing the importance of intentional scaffolding in moving beyond acceptance to a more critical understanding of AI and identity.
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Language
  • English
Classification
Computer science and technology
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  • IDC '25: Interaction Design and Children
  • Reykjavik Iceland
  • June 2025
License
CC BY
Open access status
gold
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https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1335748
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