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Your Brain In The Cloud

Event Interactive 2010
Format Solo
Organizer Phil Wheat – Microsoft
Description Workflows, Agents, Bots... Not only is our data going into the Net but our decision making processes as well. What constitutes β€œMe” and how carefully should we consider how much of that resides outside of my own skull? Who owns or has access to that part of us outside ourselves?
Questions
Answered
  1. What parts of our decision making processes are we externalizing today?
  2. How does security and privacy relate not just to data but to processes?
  3. How much exposure to risk does this trend create?
  4. What are the benefits of pursuing this direction?
  5. Who has been thinking about this and what have they considered?
  6. What happens when more of me is outside my skull than inside?
  7. What remains for us to do if this continues?
  8. Is it Artificial Intelligence if the rules come from a Natural Intelligence?
  9. How much control will we have over this effort?
  10. What are some consequences for us as people?
Level Beginner
Category Digital Divide, Information Architecture, New Technology / Next Generation, Online Relationships, Other / Out There