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Ben Bashford - Journal - Emoticomp

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Yeah I know about the title. I have no intention of actually saying that word out loud unless I refer to this post. There’s another stinker later on too. Shhh. There’s been quite a few things written about personality, emotion, behaviour and how they apply to “connected things” recently so I thought I’d better chip in while I can. If you don’t know what I’m talking about the thinking is along these lines: if you give some of the oncoming flood of smart products (or “connectables” as I’m starting to call them) personalities, back stories and/or semi lifelike behaviour then people will have an easier time engaging with them and therefore feel less like they’re inviting the spawn of Skynet into their lives. It’s something I’ve been thinking about on and off for a while and I definitely think it’s an important avenue to explore as long as we’re careful. I think we really need to be thorough if we take this route at all. Unless the behaviours and personalities of these things that compute a

Emoticomp "My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun." - Bomb 20 Yeah I know about the title. I have no intention of actually saying that word out loud unless I refer to this post. There's another stinker later on too. Shhh. There's been quite a few things written about personality, emotion, behaviour and how they apply to "connected things" recently so I thought I'd better chip in while I can. If you don't know what I'm talking about the thinking is along these lines: if you give some of the oncoming flood of smart products (or "connectables" as I'm starting to call them) personaliti

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