https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/2015/01/18/review-of-week-one/ Just another Education and digital culture 2015 site Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/2015/01/18/review-of-week-one/#comment-31 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:28:47 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/?p=182#comment-31 Hi Jin
Like you, I find the potential for a computer to recreate human memory unsettling. I work in the dementia field and see the potential for AI and the internet of things to make a massive difference to people’s lives. I also see a lot of prejudicial assumptions that people with dementia can’t or won’t want to use computers. I wonder what it will be like when the ‘net generation’ reaches this point in the life course …

]]> https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/2015/01/18/review-of-week-one/#comment-28 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 04:31:44 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/jdarling/?p=182#comment-28 Jin, I like the clean ‘feel’ / set-up of your page. I also like 3 small images as an easily readable standard for this purpose. I agree with you that the theme of memory is worth more exploration.
Supposedly, the more you use certain parts of the brain, the more they are ‘wired’ to respond and remember. For example, my local post office clerk knows everyone’s post box number just by associating with their face. Another example is using an abacus for maths. My mother-in-law can do amusing calculations with this mechanical device and does not need calculator. But, when we consider augmenting memory by relying on external technologies, at some point I think it becomes dangerous and dystopian. Who, if anyone, is really managing or regulating the associated ethical dilemmas that you mention?

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