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A Grand Vision for Post-Capitalist HCI: Digital Life Assistants

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Alex Bowyer

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This is the final published version of a working paper that has been published in its final definitive form by Association of Computing Machinery, 2018.

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Abstract

As a response to the call for “grand visions” for HumanComputer Interaction, I propose a future where people interact using a new type of interface: a Digital Life Assistant. This draws on ideas of human-data interaction, ubicomp, semantic analysis and humane design. Trained by us to understand the meaning and value of our data and digital interactions, digital life assistants will be our butlers and bodyguards, putting our needs ahead of those of corporations, marketers & service providers, embodying a previously unseen level of helpful technology and computer-aided human empowerment.


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Author(s): Bowyer AJB

Publication type: Working Paper

Publication status: Published

Journal: CHI '18

Type of Article: Workshop Paper

Year: 2018

Publisher: Association of Computing Machinery

URL: https://alexbowyerphd.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/grandvision-digitallifeassistants-alexbowyer.pdf


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