Theory of mind

“ Theory of Mind” tasks, Human-Computer Interaction, Persistent Conversation & Flickr John C. Thomas IBM T. J. Watson Research Center January 7, 2008 HICSS, Kona Hawaii Persistent Conversation Workshop

“Theory of Mind” ,[object Object],[object Object]

Typical Theory of Mind Task ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

General interest is a “capacity” question: who has it? Who does not? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A different set of questions: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ToM and conversation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“Theory of Mind” and HCI ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Social Computing and ToM ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Flickr profile ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Flickr Picture ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Flickr conversations about… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

An interesting example because ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Odd because, there is probably no way in a finite set of words to specify what is “in” and “out” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Discussion fragments about “The aesthetics of failure” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Further discussion points… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More comments on “aesthetics of failure” ,[object Object]

What ultimately is “in” or “out” is a the result of a social process…disguised as a logical one ,[object Object],[object Object]

Discussion about fortunate mistakes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Another example discussion about a group re. mistakes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusion: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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