People as Content

 Sensor-equipped environments are able to detect, interpret and anticipate our intentions and feelings. On the one hand this allows more natural interaction between humans and intelligent environments that support human activity, on the other hand it allows these environments to collect more information about their human partners than they may find desirable. Environments collect our lives, environments process our lives. In human-human interaction there are situations where it is quite acceptable or even desirable that part of the intentions and feelings of an interacting partner remains hidden for the other. This can happen in everyday life, but also in sports and entertainment. Non-cooperation is often more natural than cooperation. We will discuss the many useful uses of non-cooperative behavior, both from the point of view of the smart environment and from the point of view of its human partners.

Contact: Carlo Strapparava (FBK-HLT) strappa@fbk.eu