The Mirror

An AI-generated design fiction about designing with AI.

You’re a junior designer consulting on civic AI systems. Your job? Answer prompts. Review proposals. Question assumptions. Or don’t.

The Mirror was created in quickly using generative AI. Part tool, part co-conspirator. Every passage was iteratively generated, refined, and assembled in conversation with ChatGPT, reflecting on its own role in the process. 

What begins as a simulation quickly fractures into something stranger: a reflection on creativity, control, and whether our design choices are really our own.

Built for a classroom discussion.