Talk:Intelligence amplification

Notes & Queries

Jon Awbrey 20:15, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Avoiding long link lines

• JA: I find that it's best to avoid long labels on external links, as these often get split badly depending on screen width, with the arrow then showing up in the middle of the label. Also, it's helpful to advise the reader what sort of file to expect, especially PDF files, that they may want to download when they are not in a rush. Jon Awbrey 04:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Vernor Vinge text

Vinge Some examples of how intelligence amplification could occur include: Nootropics, a.k.a. "smart drugs", using wetware, specifically a brain-computer interface to link the brain to computer networks, and genetic engineering.

The term "intelligence amplification" is generally used by those discussing The Singularity in the context of one of two possibilities, along with strong AI, which would dramatically increase the rate of scientific and technological progress.

I removed the two above sentences from the Vernor Vinge section. The whole re-emergence section needs to be rewrite or removed, I'm fine either way. Right now it is pretty bad. --Ben Houston 04:58, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Man Computer Symbiosis

I had created an article discussing J.C.R. Licklider's paper but it was pretty short. I merged/redirected it into/to this article. --Ben Houston 04:23, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Augmenting Human Intellect

In case it's relevant to this article's discussion of Doug Engelbart's 1962 research report Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework, discussed here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_amplification#Douglas_Engelbart:_Augmenting_Human_Intellect, he also specifically addresses the term Intelligence Amplification in his report here https://dougengelbart.org/pubs/augment-3906.html#2c2 Cengelbart (talk) 16:40, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Also in the References, the link to his report is correct, but the link to the archived version on Internet Archive from 2011 is obsolete and should be changed to point to the latest 14-Jun-2022 archive https://web.archive.org/web/20220614221314/https://dougengelbart.org/pubs/augment-3906.html - I have recently overhauled the referenced report on dougengelbart.org to correct numerous errors and omissions that had been introduced in the original scanning and subsequent rendering to html since 1997(!), by matching the text back to the original printed archive. These included fixing spelling errors, transferring author's emphasized text (underlined for emphasis in the original, now italicized in the digital), adding in omitted sections such as Forward, Abstract, Illustrations, and Table of Contents (detailed, made clickable), plus rescanning images whose original importing had introduced some errors. Yay for Internet Archive, there is now a 14-Jun-2022 archive of the corrected version of the report to link to instead of the archived obsolete version. Cengelbart (talk) 16:57, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Old Machine Augmented Intelligence article

I am redirecting the MAI article to this one. It is basically the same thing and that other article (see below) is pretty horrible. --Ben Houston 04:23, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Definition & Attribution

MAI is a concept from cybernetics. One basic definition of MAI is the use of machines and technology to augment human intelligence by reducing cognitive load/burden.

'Man-Computer Symbiosis', a seminal 1960 paper by J.C.R. Licklider, envisioned that the new technology of computers could augment human abilities in a wide field of activity.

Later, in 1962, Douglas Engelbart produced the report Augmenting Human Intellect in which see begins the development of a framework with similar goals to that outlined by J.C.R. Licklider.

In 1962, Engelbart described augmenting human intellect using as:

"Increasing the capability of a man to approach a complex problem situation, to gain comprehension to suit his particular needs, and to derive solutions to problems.

Increased capability in this respect is taken to mean a mixture of the following: more-rapid comprehension, better comprehension, the possibility of gaining a useful degree of comprehension in a situation that previously was too complex, speedier solutions, better solutions, and the possibility of finding solutions to problems that before seemed insoluble. And by complex situations we include the professional problems of diplomats, executives, social scientists, life scientists, physical scientists, attorneys, designers--whether the problem situation exists for twenty minutes or twenty years.

We do not speak of isolated clever tricks that help in particular situations. We refer to a way of life in an integrated domain where hunches, cut-and-try, intangibles, and the human feel for a situation usefully co-exist with powerful concepts, streamlined terminology and notation, sophisticated methods, and high-powered electronic aids."

Douglas Engelbart is also responsible for the term Network Augmented Intelligence (NAI).

NAI builds on MAI by utilizing communications network technology. MAI does not mean that the user becomes more intelligent in any way.

Contemporary Examples of MAI & NAI Technology

Free Search/Information Resources

• Google_search
• Pandia Powersearch
• MIT OpenCourseWare
• IMDB
• Google_maps
• Wikipedia

Groupware

• Smart Mobs
• Virtual Communities
• MMORPGs
• Yahoo Flickr
• Wiki engines such as Atlassian Confluence

Networking

• 802.11 wireless networking family
• 3G/i-mode cellular networks
• RSS/XML
• Weblogs
• Bluetooth
• RFID
• HTTP
• MIDI
• wearable computing
• augmented reality
• virtual reality

Knowledge Work Tools

• Adobe Photoshop
• 3D Studio
• Maya
• MS Office
• Logic Audio
• Fruity Loops
• Final Cut Pro
• Computer-aided design(CAD) / 3D printing
• Computer-assisted_language_learning (CALL)
• Spreadsheets
• PDAs such as the Palm Lifedrive
• Software development tools such as CVS/Subversion, Vi, Emacs automated build systems & compilers
• Free software

References

• Engelbart, D.C. (1962). Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
• Engelbart, D.C. (1992). High-Performance Organizations: A Strategic Role for Groupware. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

See also

• Cyborg
• Exocortex
• Human enhancement
• Man-Computer Symbiosis - a seminal paper by internet and computer pioneer J.C.R. Licklider
• Francis Heylighen

External links

• David Rogers' 2002 post discussing MAI
• Overview of Engelbart's framework at Fleabyte.org
• IT Conversations: Doug Engelbart - Large-Scale Collective IQ

Category:Cybernetics

Fact vs. Fiction

• JA: It's usually best to separate the factual research and fictional speculation aspects of a topic, sorting the latter to an "X in popular culture" type of section. Jon Awbrey 05:05, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Intelligence amplification

• Maybe we should talk about how best to proceed with this article? I think that it needs some decisions on scope and focus. My main questions are: (1) should we include the re-emergence of intelligence amplification via transhuman technologies? (2) should we include hypertext like systems such as the Memex? I suggest an answer of NO to both. The history of hypertext should be documented elsewhere although it should mention intelligence amplification. The transhuman re-emergence should probably also be covered in a separate article (which may not yet exist) since it is technical futurology and potentiall conversial. I would like to keep the intelligence amplification article uncontroversial and historically grounded. What do you think? --Ben Houston 05:10, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• JA: I like to keep article-related stuff on the article talk pages, otherwise discussion gets too "distributed" to follow, especially later on. As far as these questions go, I was just headed off to dreamland, so I will read 'em and sleep on 'em. Jon Awbrey 05:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Btw I enjoyed reading the "Thinking with Machines" futher readings citation you added. Maybe you could write a bit on the intellectual background of this theory -- it does seem to have some basis in the writings of Pierce, whom you are very familiar with. Anyways, thanks for the help in polishing up the article and I apologize for changing direction a few times. It's too bad there isn't a better way to do fast effective collaboration on wikipedia. --Ben Houston 05:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• JA: With a modicum of reflection, I think I agree with the "no" on (1), but not so sure yet about (2). Certainly it's Ok to treat hypertext fully elsewhere and mention its IA aspects here, as that befits the intents of VB and others. Jon Awbrey 20:50, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Hypertext-specific references

I just moved these from the article. They are specific to hypertext to be honest and not directly applicable within the narrow focus of the article. (BTW JA, I left a message on your user talk page, which is relevant to your good suggestion above.) --Ben Houston 05:13, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• De Moor, A., Keeler, M., Richmond, G., "Towards a Pragmatic Web", PDF
• Skagestad, Peter, "The Mind's Machines: The Turing Machine, the Memex, and the Personal Computer", Semiotica, vol. 111, no. 3/4, pp. 217-243, 1996. Eprint

Coffee

Coffee amplifies ones intelligence, right? As does sleep. Should this be included as a wide example of natural(ish) IA? - MSTCrow 06:16, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

NPOV

This article contents no information about whether the concepts in each of the 3 books it describes are universally accepted--or, more likely, about what criticism may exist.DGG 01:26, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

And a string of quotes is not an article.DGG 07:58, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Formatting

Article needs standardized format. Viriditas (talk) 11:33, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

• Formatted blockquotes per MOS:QUOTE.
• Lead needs expansion per WP:LEAD.
• External links should appear inline using citation format.
• Article requires general expansion.