Distributed Intelligence
Posted by Nicos Komninos at 14 February 2009 in Intelligent Cities
Distributed intelligence is anchored in the basic assumption that the human mind cannot reach its potential unless it is immersed and embedded in a distributed communication network (with other humans and with artifacts) supported by socio-technical environments.
This paper of Gerhard Fischer argues about inventing and creating good visualisation as an important tool for numerous intellectual activities related to distributed intelligence: thinking, working, learning, and collaboration, such as:
- Focusing on Intelligence Augmentation (IA) rather than on Artificial Intelligence (AI) by empowering human beings rather than replacing them;
- Exploiting the power of the human visual system by creating task- and user specific visualisation;
- Providing support not only to individuals but to groups and communities, and thereby exploiting the power of social creativity based on informed participation.
Source: University of Colorado, Center for LifeLong Learning and Design (L3D)
http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/avi-2006.pdf
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