#humanistic intelligence

[mjhartwork]

career-focused self portrait collage

[bobcat-pie]

getting around my fear of asking for help by extending the central conceit of Humanistic Intelligence into the idea that we are all one mind

[curiousaboutcreativity]

When a wearable computer functions in a successful embodiment of HI, the computer uses the human's mind and body as one of its peripherals, just as the human uses the computer as a peripheral. (10)

Mann S. 2001. Wearable Computing: Toward Humanistic Intelligence. Intelligent Systems, IEEE 16/3: 10-15.

[curiousaboutcreativity]

HI [Humanistic Intelligence] is intelligence that arises when a human is part of the feedback loop of a computational process in which the human and computer are inextricably intertwined. (10)

Mann S. 2001. Wearable Computing: Toward Humanistic Intelligence. Intelligent Systems, IEEE 16/3: 10-15.

[brainprivacy]

Why life as a cyborg is better

TORONTO: When you first meet Steve Mann, it seems as if you’ve interrupted him appraising diamonds or doing some sort of specialized welding. Because the first thing you notice is the plastic frame that comes around his right ear and holds a lens over his right eye.  But quickly you see that there’s more to his contraption: A tiny video camera is affixed to the plastic eyepiece. Multicolored wires wrap around the back of Mann’s head. Red and white lights blink under his sweater. Mann greets you, warmly at first, though he soon gets distracted by something on the tiny computer monitor wedged over his eye.  In fact, being with Mann sometimes feels like the ultimate, in-your-face version of having a dinner companion who talks on a cell phone. But don’t be put off by it. Someday you, too, might be a cyborg.

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