The discussion about machine and intelligence continues in these next two readings. Us humans take for granted the ability to how we plan or execute actions, and expect the computer to be able to modify and reconfigure situational actions like we do. There is a ‘personification’ we emulate on these objects; it comes to a level that no intellect is recognized without resembling the human thinking. We have big expectations that artificial intelligence and interactive computer systems could perform human intelligence, just as Turing tried to prove with his thought experiment of the Turing machine. Lucy A. Suchman argues that this form of cognition is a mere imitation of intellect. It does not really belong to the intelligence equivalent of the human one as it does not adapt to its dynamic environment. Nevertheless, we have to question this form of situated intelligence as being simply a new trend of today’s society reflecting the major role of interactivity in the tech industry.
The second reading proposes that machines should work as a complement to us and must fade into the background. This is a contrast to Suchman where Weiser notes that we should be free from thinking about the computer and must not have it fully penetrate into human interaction, such as language. The way he proposes we get to it, however, doesn’t fundamentally clash with Suchman: Weiser’s ubiquitous computing system requires a highly competent and flexible user interface to the point that it enhances strongly the interactivity between human and machine.
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