last week

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key point that has implications for the aesthetic, ethics and evaluation of human-computer interaction
history of HCI from a tools perspective
conversational models of the interface: the intersection of AI and HCI
question for today: what problem does Weizenbaum’s ELIZA system address or solve?
the answer of AI
the answer of Ethnomethodology

Key point

-People often interact with media technologies as though the technologies were people.

–related ideas
Clifford and Nash, “the media equation”
Freud, transference

–see also Sherry Turkle on computers as “second selves” and as “evocative objects”
surrealists, “automatic writing” (recall Tristan Tzara’s “recipe”)
Mannheim/Schutz/Garfinkel, the “documentary method”


related points: ethics

questions of ethics and “others”
–should we treat technologies as people or people as technologies?
–should we only treat others who are like us with care and respect? or, should we also extend our care and respect to others who are radically different?
–what makes believe someone or something is alive, thinking, or simply the same as us?

related points: aesthetics & teleology

questions of aesthetics, goals and intentions
–do objects, technologies and natural phenomena have goals and intentions?

related points: design
If we view objects, technologies and natural phenomenon as if they do, in fact, have goals and intentions, then we will design like an artificial intelligence researcher.
On the other hand, if we view objects, technologies and natural phenomenon as if the just look like they have goals and intentions, then we will design like a tool builder for human “users” or “operators” of our tools.

history of HCI as tools: funding


Johnstone’s “algorithm”
If the last two answers were “No,” then answer “Yes.”
Else, if more than 20 total answers, then answer “Yes.”
Else, if the question ends in vowel, then answer “No.”
Else, if question ends in “Y,” then answer “Maybe.”
Else, answer “Yes.”


ethnomethodology: a definition

Ethnomethodology simply means the study of the ways in which people make sense of their social world
Ethnomethodology differs from other sociological perspectives in one very important respect:
–Ethnomethodologists assume that social order is illusory.

I reminded I wasn't care about study after I finished exam.
so I listened the lecture well.