So what's that all mean for my relationship to GPT, agents, etc? (I have no idea.)
Some years ago, during the brouhaha over emotional intelligence, I eventually grudgingly acknowledged it's probably real and important. For instance, babies take cues from caregivers, learning how to modulate their own emotions, sharing focus, acquire language, somehow develop a theory of mind.
(Am noob. Please, someone smart about these fields jump in any time to correct me.)
With the successes of GPT, I've been wondering if anyone's revisiting these notions and (case) studies.
eg There was an article in The Atlantic (?) about an autistic child's relationship with Siri, written by the mother. Fascinating stuff. Like (sci-fi book) Diamond Age made real.
Norman hugely influenced my own worldview, way back when I fancied myself an aspiring user interface designer.
Surely he said stuff I didn't appreciate, understand, or simply forgot. Hopefully others have responded to Things that Make Us Smart, updating Norman's thesis as needed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cognition
So what's that all mean for my relationship to GPT, agents, etc? (I have no idea.)
Some years ago, during the brouhaha over emotional intelligence, I eventually grudgingly acknowledged it's probably real and important. For instance, babies take cues from caregivers, learning how to modulate their own emotions, sharing focus, acquire language, somehow develop a theory of mind.
(Am noob. Please, someone smart about these fields jump in any time to correct me.)
With the successes of GPT, I've been wondering if anyone's revisiting these notions and (case) studies.
eg There was an article in The Atlantic (?) about an autistic child's relationship with Siri, written by the mother. Fascinating stuff. Like (sci-fi book) Diamond Age made real.
I intend to revisit Donald Norman's Things that Make Us Smart [1993] https://archive.org/details/thingsthatmakeus00norm_0 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16868.Things_That_Make_U...
Norman hugely influenced my own worldview, way back when I fancied myself an aspiring user interface designer.
Surely he said stuff I didn't appreciate, understand, or simply forgot. Hopefully others have responded to Things that Make Us Smart, updating Norman's thesis as needed.