1. Intelligence Augmentation - for discussion in reading group on Monday 8 June 09 Dr Lydia Lau School of Computing University of Leeds UK

2. Who & what (i) Came across IA from Gerhard Fischer (Colorado)s work Rethinking and reinventing Artificial Intelligence from the perspective of human-centered computational artifacts, 1995. An update from his talk on Meta-Design: Putting Owners of Problems in Charge, July 2006. –AI vs IA : See slides 3 & 4 –Angle : Co-evolution as a meta-design approach for IA : see slides 16,19,20,21,39 –In particular Seeding, Evolutionary Growth, Reseeding (SER) Model : slide 43 –For AWESOME (see slide 51) 8 Jan 09IA - reading group discussion2

3. Who and what (ii) Pattie Maes (MIT Media Lab) http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0 264.html (2001) http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0 264.html –Angle: using software agents –Vision for IA: …as a result that one individual can be super-intelligent, so it's more about making people more intelligent and allowing people to be able to deal with more stuff, more problems, more tasks, more information. Rather than copying ourselves, … Bradley Rhodes (MIT then a company) –A seminar given at Stanford... –Angle: Software agents / JIT info retrieval agents / wearable computers/ augmented reality –Challenges for IA : slides 28, 34-37 8 Jan 09IA - reading group discussion3

4. Who and what (iii) Douglas Engelbart (Stanford Research Institute) http://bootstrap.org/augdocs/friedewald030402/augmentinghu manintellect/ahi62index.html (1962) http://bootstrap.org/augdocs/friedewald030402/augmentinghu manintellect/ahi62index.html –Angle: AUGMENTING HUMAN INTELLECT - A Conceptual Framework –By augmenting human intellect we mean increasing the capability of a man to approach a complex problem situation, to gain comprehension to suit his particular needs, and to derive solutions to problems. … by "complex situations" we include the professional problems of diplomats, executives, social scientists, life scientists, physical scientists, attorneys, designers … We refer to a way of life in an integrated domain where hunches, cut-and-try, intangibles, and the human "feel for a situation" usefully co-exist with powerful concepts, streamlined terminology and notation, sophisticated methods, and high-powered electronic aids. 8 Jan 09IA - reading group discussion4

5. 8 Jan 09IA - reading group discussion5 Englebart - continue Proposed framework examined the following structure types –Mental structuring –Concept structuring –Symbol structuring –Process structuring –Physical structuring (LL : compare with these labels –Cognition –Ontology –Language (NLP …) –Practices –IT )

6. Relevance to my work Goals unchanged but the means to achieve them are different! Common vision: extending human intelligence, not replacing it. Using groups and communities for enhancement – collective intelligence (processes/data/roles) –E-science example –E-learning example Technologies –Social computing & semantics Design approach –ethnographic / scenarios / meta-design? 8 Jan 09IA - reading group discussion6