{"id":1059,"date":"2024-01-26T01:53:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T01:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beams-experiments.com\/?page_id=1059"},"modified":"2026-02-28T06:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:59:00","slug":"alternate-uses-task","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beams-experiments.com\/index.php\/alternate-uses-task\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternate Uses Task-Paper 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n Alternate Uses Task (AUT)<\/title>\n <style>\n #progressBarContainer {\n width: 90%;\n background-color: #e0e0e0;\n border-radius: 5px;\n margin-top: 20px;\n }\n #progressBar {\n height: 10px;\n background-color: #007bff;\n border-radius: 5px;\n width: 55%; \/* 5\/9 *\/\n }\n #progressText {\n text-align: center;\n margin-top: 5px;\n }\n #nextButton {\n display: block;\n background-color: #007bff;\n color: white;\n padding: 10px 20px;\n margin: 20px auto;\n font-size: 16px;\n border: none;\n border-radius: 5px;\n cursor: not-allowed; \/* Initially not clickable *\/\n opacity: 0.5; \/* Initially semi-transparent *\/\n }\n #nextButton:enabled {\n cursor: pointer;\n opacity: 1.0; \/* Full opacity when enabled *\/\n }\n #timer {\n font-size: 2em;\n color: red;\n position: fixed; \/* Changed from absolute to fixed *\/\n top: 50%; \/* Adjusted to be in the middle of the screen vertically *\/\n left: 50%; \/* Center horizontally *\/\n transform: translate(-50%, -50%); \/* Adjust for exact centering *\/\n}\n .questionnaire {\n margin: 20px;\n text-align: left;\n }\n <\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n <div class=\"questionnaire\">\n <p>Your initial task is to come up with as many unique and unconventional uses for a <strong>book<\/strong> as possible. Please fill in the table below, briefly naming each use in the corresponding row. Be creative. You can use the Tab key to move between rows. You have two minutes to complete this task. Once the allocated time is up, you will be allowed to proceed.<\/p>\n\n \n <div id=\"timer\">00:00<\/div>\n\n <table id=\"tableInputArea\"><\/table>\n\n <button id=\"nextButton\" disabled>Next<\/button>\n <div id=\"progressBarContainer\">\n <div id=\"progressBar\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"progressText\">Page 5 out of 9<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <script src=\"https:\/\/code.jquery.com\/jquery-3.6.0.min.js\"><\/script>\n <script>\n $(document).ready(function() {\n var timerDuration = 120; \/\/ Duration in seconds\n\n\n startTimer(timerDuration);\nvar groupID;\n \/\/ Create 40 table rows for input with row numbers\n for (var i = 0; i < 40; i++) {\n $('#tableInputArea').append('<tr><td>' + (i + 1) + '<\/td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"user' + i + '\"><\/td><\/tr>');\n }\n\n function startTimer(duration) {\n var timer = duration, minutes, seconds;\n var interval = setInterval(function() {\n minutes = parseInt(timer \/ 60, 10);\n seconds = parseInt(timer % 60, 10);\n\n minutes = minutes < 10 ? \"0\" + minutes : minutes;\n seconds = seconds < 10 ? \"0\" + seconds : seconds;\n\n $('#timer').text(minutes + \":\" + seconds);\n\/\/check if user already did this section\nif (localStorage.getItem('AUTText')) {\n \/\/ If 'AUTText' does exist, make alert and invalidate table\n alert ('You already did this section!');\n \/\/console.log('AUTText exists');\n\n $('#tableInputArea input').prop('disabled', true); \/\/ Disable inputs\n $('#nextButton').removeAttr('disabled').css({\n 'cursor': 'pointer',\n 'opacity': '1.0'\n });\nclearInterval(interval);\n}\n if (--timer < 0) {\n clearInterval(interval);\n alert('Your time is up. Click Next to proceed.');\n $('#tableInputArea input').prop('disabled', true); \/\/ Disable inputs\n $('#nextButton').removeAttr('disabled').css({\n 'cursor': 'pointer',\n 'opacity': '1.0'\n });\n }\n }, 1000);\n }\n\n\n \n\/\/I changed the groupID to match the levels in the paper; now groupID = 0 --> human only, 1 -->human-AI without initial ideas (used to be 2), 2 --> human-AI with initial ideas (used to be 1), 3 -->human-AI with TC\n\ngroupID = 1; \/\/manually control it as get function was causing errors\/delays; \n \/\/var numbers = [0, 1, 3]; \/\/ The set of numbers for random selection\n \/\/var randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * numbers.length); \/\/ Get a random index\n \/\/var groupID = numbers[randomIndex]; \/\/ Select a random number\n\n var productType, companyType, productID;\n productType = \"shoe\";\n companyType = \"footwear\";\n productID = 2;\n\n\/\/ right now we decided to go for one product company\n \n\nvar genericTask0 = \"You are employed by a footwear company's product development unit. Your supervisor has tasked you with presenting 10 unique ideas for a new shoe at the upcoming management meeting. Develop a range of innovative ideas for a shoe aimed at a specific, underserved market or sport. Exercise creativity to offer at least 10 distinct concepts for a new shoe within the designated time, as shown by your on-screen timer. It is imperative that you originate your ideas without borrowing from other language models or online sources. Utilize the text box provided to record your concepts. Conclude by summarizing the final 10 unique shoe ideas, concentrating on product design rather than on marketing, surveys, testing, prototyping, or development approaches.\";\n\/\/here the user can use the initial ideas\nvar genericTask1 = \"You are employed by a footwear company's product development unit. Your supervisor has tasked you with presenting 10 unique ideas for a new shoe at the upcoming management meeting. Develop a range of innovative ideas for a shoe aimed at a specific, underserved market or sport. Exercise creativity to offer at least 10 distinct concepts for a new shoe within the designated time, as shown by your on-screen timer. Please feel free to use GPT-4's initial ideas, build on them, modify them, or suggest your own ideas in the chat input area. Conclude by summarizing the final 10 unique shoe ideas, concentrating on product design rather than on marketing, surveys, testing, prototyping, or development approaches. Alternatively, you may request GPT-4 to prepare this summary for you.\";\n\n\nvar genericTask;\n\/\/I changed the groupID to match the levels in the paper; now groupID = 0 --> human only, 1 -->human-AI without initial ideas (used to be 2), 2 --> human-AI with initial ideas (used to be 1), 3 -->human-AI with TC\nif (groupID == 0) {\n genericTask = genericTask0;\n} else if (groupID == 2) {\n genericTask = genericTask1;\n} else if (groupID == 1) {\ngenericTask = \"You are employed by a footwear company's product development unit. Your supervisor has tasked you with presenting 10 unique ideas for a new shoe at the upcoming management meeting. Develop a range of innovative ideas for a shoe aimed at a specific, underserved market or sport. Exercise creativity to offer at least 10 distinct concepts for a new shoe within the designated time, as shown by your on-screen timer. Please feel free to use GPT-4 here as you wish, but do not copy and paste ideas from other language models or online resources. Conclude by summarizing the final 10 unique shoe ideas, concentrating on product design rather than on marketing, surveys, testing, prototyping, or development approaches. Alternatively, you may request GPT-4 to prepare this summary for you.\";\n\n} else if (groupID == 3) {\n genericTask = genericTask1 + \" Additionally, you are instructed to apply the Transformational Creativity concept that was discussed in your second tutorial video. This involves redefining or reimagining the core attributes, purposes, or applications of an idea or product.\";\n} else if (groupID == 4) {\n genericTask = genericTask0 + \" Furthermore, you may find the following ideas by GPT-4 useful. Feel free to use them as you deem appropriate.\";\n} else if (groupID == 11) {\n genericTask = genericTask0 + \" Additionally, you are instructed to apply the Transformational Creativity concept that was discussed in your tutorial video. This involves redefining or reimagining the core attributes, purposes, or applications of an idea or product.\";\n\n}\n\n localStorage.setItem('completeTask', genericTask);\n \/\/console.log('generic Task is ', genericTask);\n \/\/console.log('groupID is ', groupID); \n localStorage.setItem('productID', productID);\n localStorage.setItem('groupID', groupID);\n\n $('#nextButton').click(function() {\n var AUTText = '';\n $('#tableInputArea input[type=\"text\"]').each(function() {\n var inputVal = $(this).val();\n if (inputVal.trim() !== '') {\n AUTText += inputVal + '\\n';\n }\n });\n\n\/\/ Check if 'AUTText' is not already stored in localStorage\nif (!localStorage.getItem('AUTText')) {\n \/\/ If 'AUTText' does not exist, store it\n localStorage.setItem('AUTText', AUTText);\n \/\/console.log('New AUTText is', AUTText);\n} \n else {\n \/\/ Optional: Handle the case where 'AUTText' is already set, if needed\n \/\/console.log('AUTText is already stored.');\n}\nif (parseInt(groupID) === 0 || parseInt(groupID) === 6) {\n \/\/ Your code here for when groupID is 0, or 6\n window.location.href = \"https:\/\/www.beams-experiments.com\/index.php\/experimentNoGPT\/\";\/\/send for no gpt4 text editor \n }\nelse if (parseInt(groupID) === 1 || parseInt(groupID) === 3 || parseInt(groupID) === 2) {\n window.location.href = 'https:\/\/beams-experiments.com\/index.php\/gpt-4-instructions\/'; \/\/send for general instructions to use GPT4 and in the next page (GPT4 instructions) we send 1 directly to experiment and 3 to transformation instructions respectively\n}\n\nelse if (parseInt(groupID) === 6) { \n \/\/ window.location.href = \"https:\/\/www.beams-experiments.com\/index.php\/\";\/\/we need to figure this out \n}\n });\n });\n <\/script>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alternate Uses Task (AUT) Your initial task is to come up with as many unique and unconventional uses for a book as possible. 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