Understanding people with human activities and social interactions for human-centered computing

Sangil Choi
2016 Human-Centric Computing and Information Sciences  
Computing technology has changed a lot of things in the world quickly. It is still affecting the way we think, the way we communicate with each other, the way we study, the way we work, and so on. Furthermore, computer hardware and software keep evolving every day and new paradigms and mechanisms continuously emerge into the world. There is no doubt that the main purpose of these technologies make human beings and our daily life convenient. In other word, the center of computing is all mankind.
more » ... However, the main purpose of computing technology may not be human beings. Artificial intelligence (AI) could be one of the promising computing technologies in the future. Many AI researchers hope that this technology will help and assist people effectively and efficiently. In addition, they believe that AI dramatically change our life in the near future. Unfortunately, all of the change are not always positive. Rapid and frequent changing of computing technologies could be difficult to use especially for elderly people. Furthermore, it is well known that innovative AI technology could give people a great fear. Some famous movies dealing with AI issues reflected this phenomenon. In addition, there was the fight of the century to play game Go between an AI Go player (AlphaGo) and a professional human Go player in March, 2016. AlphaGo finally defeated the human Go player at that game. It is definitely possible that the result of the game surprised and frightened all of the people in the world.
doi:10.1186/s13673-016-0066-1 fatcat:4baorl2e4fag5bjwmwjvx74qfy