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  "path": "/t/next-generation-conversational-ai-a-design-proposal-approach/1371568?page=3#post_41",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T03:22:05.000Z",
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  "textContent": "AI discussions often focus on performance:\n\n• More intelligent\n• More accurate\n• Faster\n• More capable\n\nHowever, if AI is increasingly becoming part of society’s infrastructure, performance alone may not be sufficient.\n\nRecently, I have been exploring the idea that:\n\n“Performance is not the only design target. Boundaries are also design targets.”\n\nWhen AI interacts with humans in real-world environments, we must design not only what AI can do, but also where its operational boundaries should exist.\n\nAs part of the Boundary-Centered Design Theory (BCDT) framework, I identified eight boundary categories that may deserve explicit consideration in AI design:\n\n  1. Responsibility Boundary\nWho is accountable for AI-influenced decisions and outcomes?\n\n  2. Authority Boundary\nWhat actions may AI perform autonomously, and what requires human authorization?\n\n  3. Safety Boundary\nUnder what conditions should AI transition into a safe operational state?\n\n  4. Knowledge Boundary\nWhat is known, uncertain, or unknown?\n\n  5. Intervention Boundary\nHow far may AI influence human decisions, preferences, or behavior?\n\n  6. Social Boundary\nHow should AI align with legal, ethical, and institutional norms?\n\n  7. Capability Boundary\nWhat can AI reliably do, and what can it not do?\n\n  8. Relationship Boundary\nWhat kind of relationship should exist between AI and humans?\n\n\n\n\nWhat I find interesting is that many current AI challenges can be viewed through one or more of these boundaries:\n\n• Hallucinations → Knowledge Boundary\n• Overtrust in AI → Capability Boundary\n• AI dependency → Relationship Boundary\n• Manipulative influence → Intervention Boundary\n• Autonomous agents → Authority Boundary\n\nAs AI becomes more deeply integrated into society, an increasingly important question may not simply be:\n\n“What can AI do?”\n\nbut also:\n\n“Where should AI stop?”\n\nPerhaps one of the next major challenges in AI design is not only improving intelligence, but also designing the boundaries that govern AI participation in human reality.\n\nWhich of these eight boundaries do you consider most important, and why?",
  "title": "Next-Generation Conversational AI: A Design-Proposal Approach"
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