Today I came across a couple of TED talks that I think go along with the two previous posts I made and also our class discussions.
The first is Jeff Hancock: The Future of Lying. Interestingly enough he says that we are more honest online than we are when speak to people in person. That is actually the opposite than I would have thought, but it is because the written record will probably endure where the spoken word is gone in an instant.
The other TED talk is by Markham Nolan: How to separate fact and fiction online. In this talk he discusses how he and his group help to verify the authenticity of images using free internet tools. His last statement sums up a very important aspect of computer and human interaction:
"Truth is emotional, it's fluid, and above all, it's human. No matter how quick we get with computers, no matter how much information we have, you'll never be able to remove the human from the truth-seeking exercise.” (Markham Nolan)
Enjoy.
The first is Jeff Hancock: The Future of Lying. Interestingly enough he says that we are more honest online than we are when speak to people in person. That is actually the opposite than I would have thought, but it is because the written record will probably endure where the spoken word is gone in an instant.
The other TED talk is by Markham Nolan: How to separate fact and fiction online. In this talk he discusses how he and his group help to verify the authenticity of images using free internet tools. His last statement sums up a very important aspect of computer and human interaction:
"Truth is emotional, it's fluid, and above all, it's human. No matter how quick we get with computers, no matter how much information we have, you'll never be able to remove the human from the truth-seeking exercise.” (Markham Nolan)
Enjoy.
Talks were great and it reminds me of what Dr. Potnis kept saying the first week of class. No matter how technically advanced that we become, the human context is still there. Bias, agenda, and intent are very much alive and well in the cloud.
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