ARC 597 | On Speed Situated Technologies Intellectual Domain Seminar, Fall 2014

Interaction to interact

In 1958 Debord in his writing tells that coordination is the must to create a situation/performance/intervention. They may have different parts coursed by different authorities but must be coherent with or without being concerned about other authorities working on the same for making one statement.

Now it is 1987. Suchman tells about interaction- action and response. How people act in different “situations”. The action might be purposeful or intuitive depending on situation. Then she draws the attention to the interaction in between man and machine. She asked for a common language to form a dialogue. She assumes artificial intelligence has the ability to give feedback in response.The product of artificial intelligence/artifact should not only be intelligible but also intelligent and self explanatory to communicate with the “partner”.

Then it is 2004. We are in the digital ground with PC, IP, USB, RFID, UPC, EPC, GPS, augmented reality,smart devices and so on. Artificial intelligence has became a natural extension of the work, a natural extension of the person.We are here where Suchman wanted us to see.  In this ground, Malcolm states we established the communication/language, but now it’s time to regulate the communication. As Luis I Kahn emphasized on the distinction in between spaces that serves and spaces that are served. According to Malcolm, now the communication medium is to be served.  To regulate or to fine tune,  he proposes the possibility of interaction/communication method among individuals. He takes the extent from individual to social scale.He assumes this sublime communication will dissolve the barriers of interaction between man an artificial intelligence.