‘Girin Monitor Stand’ is an auto-adjusting monitor stand to ensure users have proper posture while on their computers at work. #ML #Augmentation #HCI
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Atoun Model Y: http://atoun.co.jp/products/atoun-model-y A affordable Exoskeleton that "alleviates burden to the waist when lifting heavy objects, through powerful motors as well as sensors that detect the movements of the waist" #Robot #Augmentation
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Neurorobotics: Brain Machine Interfaces
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How to Put Your Brain on the Internet: Lessons from a Cyborg. Michael Chorost discusses his book "World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet."
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Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture - Shared Behavioural Outcomes 2018:
http://anfarch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-Abstract_10.06-SINGLE.pdf
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Tools for Conviviality - #Book by Ivan Illich (1973):
https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Conviviality-Perspectives-Illich-Hardcover/dp/B00ZT1T092/
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"First the Media, Then Us: How the Internet Changed the Fundamental Nature of the Communication and Its Relationship with the Audience" - by Peter Hirshberg: https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/articles/first-the-media-then-us-how-the-internet-changed-the-fundamental-nature-of-the-communication-and-its-relationship-with-the-audience/ #Media #Augmentation #Technology
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With every layer of abstraction we stack on-top of reality in the name of convenience, the experiential quality of reality tends to diminish. Or as Marshal McLuhan observed 50y ago "Augmentation leads to Amputation".
Promoted by my remarks on twitter: "I'm amazed how popular "Moving Atoms via Bits" has become in the US. Everyone seems to constantly Order Food (Doordash), Order Cars (Uber), Order Stuff (Amazon), even Order Sex (Tinder) - all payed cashless (Paypal). The resulting reduction of human contact & experience is radical."
Question from twitter: "What if the digital encounters create more opportunities for physical/in person contacts & experiences?"
Answer from Vakibs: Unless the contact with the same person repeats itself in a regular and predictable manner, it doesn’t help at all. The whole point of the virtualization services is that they abstractify the human out. What remains is just a shell, that can be fit on top of anybody.
A succinct summary of our glorious digital services economy
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LESS Augmentation (Attempt to overcome the current limitations of the human body/mind)
MORE Self-Cultivation (Process of continuously reflecting upon, elaborating & putting into practice the values & meanings that guide our actions in the world)
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Human-Centered AI - #Augmentation #Design
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"Zombies, Cyborgs and Chimeras" - 2018 talk by Stelarc on bodyhacking, biohacking, and human augmentation. Warning: Talk not for the faint-hearted. #Augmentation
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The digital I - talk by Roberto Saracco (Chair of the Symbiotic Autonomous Systems Initiative of IEEE-FDC) at TEDxTransmedia 2013
https://symbiotic-autonomous-systems.ieee.org/about/infographic
Podcast: Social Robotics and Symbiotic Autonomous Systems with Roberto Saracco
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Stafford Beer's initial sketch of how Marx's Capital could be mapped with cybernetic language. #Politics #Automation #Augmentation
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"NeuroEngineering" - talk by Steve Potter:
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"Beyond bionics: how the future of prosthetics is redefining humanity" - 15min docu:
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One easily gets the impression, that the majority of Augmentation Technologies are driven by the unfulfilled teenager dreams of men: Superman Syndrome.
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Principles of De-Augmentation
For all this talk about "Augmentation" and "Assistive" technologies, I'm missing a serious discourse on "De-Augmentation". Where do we start?
What are the principles of De-Augmentation?
Suggestion by Vakibs:
We should start with attention. In Yoga, de-augmenting human attention is known as Pratyāhāra. It is a beautiful computational notion, realized in the Sanskrit linguistics of Pānini.
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"The Age of Assistance" - talk by @behshad_behzadi from Google on the impact of voice assistants on user behaviour.
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If you want to viscerally understand Marshall Mcluhan's warnings about #Augmentation from 50y ago, spend a week in Tokyo. In this hyper artificial environment, tuned to meet seemingly any human need - Mcluhan's insight that "Augmentation leads to Amputation" is extremely real.
Atoun Model Y: http://atoun.co.jp/products/atoun-model-y A affordable Exoskeleton that "alleviates burden to the waist when lifting heavy objects, through powerful motors as well as sensors that detect the movements of the waist" #Robot #Augmentation
Neurorobotics: Brain Machine Interfaces
How to Put Your Brain on the Internet: Lessons from a Cyborg. Michael Chorost discusses his book "World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet."
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture - Shared Behavioural Outcomes 2018:
http://anfarch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-Abstract_10.06-SINGLE.pdf
Tools for Conviviality - #Book by Ivan Illich (1973):
https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Conviviality-Perspectives-Illich-Hardcover/dp/B00ZT1T092/
"First the Media, Then Us: How the Internet Changed the Fundamental Nature of the Communication and Its Relationship with the Audience" - by Peter Hirshberg: https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/articles/first-the-media-then-us-how-the-internet-changed-the-fundamental-nature-of-the-communication-and-its-relationship-with-the-audience/ #Media #Augmentation #Technology
With every layer of abstraction we stack on-top of reality in the name of convenience, the experiential quality of reality tends to diminish. Or as Marshal McLuhan observed 50y ago "Augmentation leads to Amputation".
Promoted by my remarks on twitter: "I'm amazed how popular "Moving Atoms via Bits" has become in the US. Everyone seems to constantly Order Food (Doordash), Order Cars (Uber), Order Stuff (Amazon), even Order Sex (Tinder) - all payed cashless (Paypal). The resulting reduction of human contact & experience is radical."
Question from twitter: "What if the digital encounters create more opportunities for physical/in person contacts & experiences?"
Answer from Vakibs: Unless the contact with the same person repeats itself in a regular and predictable manner, it doesn’t help at all. The whole point of the virtualization services is that they abstractify the human out. What remains is just a shell, that can be fit on top of anybody.
A succinct summary of our glorious digital services economy
LESS Augmentation (Attempt to overcome the current limitations of the human body/mind)
MORE Self-Cultivation (Process of continuously reflecting upon, elaborating & putting into practice the values & meanings that guide our actions in the world)
Human-Centered AI - #Augmentation #Design
"Zombies, Cyborgs and Chimeras" - 2018 talk by Stelarc on bodyhacking, biohacking, and human augmentation. Warning: Talk not for the faint-hearted. #Augmentation
The digital I - talk by Roberto Saracco (Chair of the Symbiotic Autonomous Systems Initiative of IEEE-FDC) at TEDxTransmedia 2013
https://symbiotic-autonomous-systems.ieee.org/about/infographic
Podcast: Social Robotics and Symbiotic Autonomous Systems with Roberto Saracco
Stafford Beer's initial sketch of how Marx's Capital could be mapped with cybernetic language. #Politics #Automation #Augmentation
"NeuroEngineering" - talk by Steve Potter:
"Beyond bionics: how the future of prosthetics is redefining humanity" - 15min docu:
One easily gets the impression, that the majority of Augmentation Technologies are driven by the unfulfilled teenager dreams of men: Superman Syndrome.
Principles of De-Augmentation
For all this talk about "Augmentation" and "Assistive" technologies, I'm missing a serious discourse on "De-Augmentation". Where do we start?
What are the principles of De-Augmentation?
Suggestion by Vakibs:
We should start with attention. In Yoga, de-augmenting human attention is known as Pratyāhāra. It is a beautiful computational notion, realized in the Sanskrit linguistics of Pānini.
"The Age of Assistance" - talk by @behshad_behzadi from Google on the impact of voice assistants on user behaviour.
If you want to viscerally understand Marshall Mcluhan's warnings about #Augmentation from 50y ago, spend a week in Tokyo. In this hyper artificial environment, tuned to meet seemingly any human need - Mcluhan's insight that "Augmentation leads to Amputation" is extremely real.
