Could AI Replace Design Researchers?

In the top floor of London's Design Museum, as dozens of visitors walk by and the rain hits the windows, a woman speaks with an AI bot called Spirit. It asks her how many partners she would like to have if she can live until she is 150. "Just one--and that is because my husband is next to me." According to Spirit's analytics, her answer is 33% sad and 12% joyful. Spirit is a simulated AI, a provocation created by IDEO's London Studio in response to a commission from the Design Museum.