mixx canada 2015: smart dumb things
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SMART dumb THINGS@jaredrawk @argodesigned
Things I do in my spare time
@jaredrawk @argodesigned
PLAY WITH FIRE
MY GEEKY CONCERT LIGHTER
PLAY WITH INTERACTIONS
PLAY WITH BOTH
WITH CROWDS
WITH NO PEOPLE
WITH BIG THINGS
WITH TINY THINGS
WITH IMAGINARY THINGS
WITH ACTUAL THINGS
The Digital Lifestyle…
How we think about the computing experience
Intelligence as a Product…
How things are thinking about us
@jaredrawk @argodesigned
The Other Singularity…
How things are created
@jaredrawk @argodesigned
The SingularityWhen machine intelligence becomes greater than human intelligence.
Visions of humans
after the singularity
are lofty:
Economies that involve no money.
Super human capability.
Eternal Life.
Then there is The Other Singularity…
@jaredrawk @argodesigned
Skymall Catalog
TECHNOLOGY CREATING NEW EXPERIENCES.
TECHNOLOGY CREATING NEW EXPERIENCES.
CHANGING FAMILIAR EXPERIENCES
CHANGING FAMILIAR EXPERIENCES
SKEUREALISM
REPLACING EXPERIENCES
TECHNOLOGY IN UNEXPECTED PLACES
GEN.1 FOUR YEARS AGOProjector $1,800 Phidgets $420 Wiring $100 Laptop $3,000 DVI & Synchro $300 Projector Stand $600
$6620 / 8 = $777.50
GEN.3 1 YEAR AGOEL Sequencer $34 Battery $24 Wiring $20 EZ 0 $49.99 EL Wire $36 LED $1 Perfboard $2 EL Inverter $10 Picture frame $4 straps $9
$189
The new class: Maker
Cory Doctorow: read Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom
The rise of the adhocracies
=
YOUR OWN NEST
GPS SHOES
A CAR FOR A PET FISH
A REAL CAR
The makers create a new class of products
THINK BY MAKING, DELIVER BY DEMO
The Digital Lifestyle…
Our computing experience is changing
THE PROGRESSION OF FORM & EXPERIENCES
PRODUCTIVITY NETWORKING COMMUNICATION
PERSONAL PORTABLE TOUCHABLE
PERSONAL COMPUTING PATTERNHEADS DOWN & FOCUSED
EXPERIENCES + INTERACTION + FORM = PATTERN
We use them to live two lives
We stare into them andimmerse ourselves completely
People are choosing digital immersionover the physical world or even safety.
QUANTIFIED LIFE
SELF SURVELIENCE
Intelligence as a Product…
How things are thinking about us is changing
@jaredrawk @argodesigned
cognitive systems
cognitive systems
learn
solve
evolve
plan under uncertainty
learn over time
adapt to context
make assumptions
Watson
Google Now
Decision Supportwhat to do today/tonightwhere to shopwhich product to buywhat is the best pricehow to get therewhat to listen towhat to watchwhom to meet/datewhere to livewhere to eathow to treat a symptomwhat to wearwhat goes well with…what to saywhat job to takewhich is better…
every decision that can be supported by computing will be
selective hearing
Lalala
These things are changing the computing experience…
RISE OF INTELLIGENCE OTHER SINGULARITY PRODUCTS THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLE
THE INTERFACEIS MOVING OUT INTO THE OPEN
Moving out of the app
wrap.co
Narrative without an install
a tap on the shoulder
extensions to your muscles
Kineseowear
What used to be apps will be out in the world
Snapchat IRL
the interface will be in the open
the room is the new computer
From the article “the slow traffic movement” on fastcodesign.com
HEADS UP & PRESENT
COOPERATIVE
MARK UP THE PHYSICAL WORLD
THE ROOM WILL SEE YOU,
HEAR YOU, TALK TO YOU
Interact with it like a housemate
Computers will gain social intelligence
Computers will use social intelligence
We can add algorithmic intelligence
It will begin to look like magic.
smart dumb things
We will be the magicians, the machines will learn our tricks
How soon?
So if you thought authenticitymattered before…
QUANTIFIED LIFE BECOMES QUANTIFIED COACHING
Decision Support
Cognitive Dependence
Fear Of Missing Out
Becomes
Fear of Making Decisions
So if you thought responsibility mattered before…
dumb smart personal assistant cognitive a.i.sentientmachines
4.75
4.75
4.75
Alexa, what should I have for lunch?
the uncanny valley
the uncanny valley
Sometimes technology should answer as technology
RISE OF INTELLIGENCE OTHER SINGULARITY PRODUCTS THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLE
For a long time we have been creating big systems.Now is a great time to find in those systems gaps. Great value will come from closing small gaps.
Thank You!@jaredrawk
@argodesigned
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