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C. Mason Conference on Science and Compassion Telluride, Colorado 2012

C. Mason Conference on Science and Compassion Telluride, Colorado 2012. Knowledge Transfer in Society

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C. Mason Conference on Science and Compassion Telluride, Colorado 2012

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  1. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 Knowledge Transfer in Society Knowledge translation (KT) is the process by which new knowledge is transformed into information that benefits society through changed policies, behaviors, programs, or practices. KT is a systematic process that begins with collecting and analyzing the latest research findings. Then, research-based recommendations are made regarding best practices and treatments. Finally, this synthesized and translated knowledge is promptly and effectively disseminated to those who need it. “The long term goal of knowledge translation is measurable improvement in people's health.” Frank Moss, MIT http://www.msktc.org/Knowledge-Translation

  2. Conference on Science and Compassion Telluride, Colorado 2012 Giving Robots Compassion Cindy Mason cmason@steam.stanford.edu www-formal.stanford.edu/~cmason

  3. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 Why Design Robots and Device Interfaces For Compassion? It Rubs OFF! -Neuroplasticity -High rate of user frustration, Anger and aggression (2). -Positive mental state linked To positive health, cognitions And relations (Davidson, etc.) -Lack of compassion linked To psychopathic and sociopathic behaviors (3) Our Symbiotic Relation With Gadgets Influences Human-Human and Society(1) 1. Nass, C. & Moon, Y. (2000). Machines and mindlessness: Social responses to computers.Journal of Social Issues, 56(1), 81-103. 2. Riseberg, J., Klein, J., Fernandez, R., Picard, R.: Frustrating the user on purpose: Using biosignals in a pilot study to detect the user’s emotional state. In: CHI. Los Angeles (1998) 3. http://scan.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/2/84.fullSocCogn Affect Neurosci (2007) 2 (2): 84-92. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsm001

  4. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 We Are Surrounded! The Emotional Intelligence of our Gadget Interfaces becomes central as Humans and Technology are intertwined now and in future. For decades gadgets were designed for use without much human interaction. We now interact verbally and non-verbally in a human-machine symbiosis. China and the US have more mobile phone subscriptions than people!(1) FACT: More people have gadgets than healthcare. This means that positive affect in human-machine interaction promises to globally widen both cognitive and physical health at all social levels. (1) "ITU releases latest global technology development figures" (aspx). ITU. 2012-08-09.

  5. C. Mason, Giving Robots CompassionConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 The Brain Structure of Psycho-killers Psychopaths’ brains show differences in structure and function November 22nd, 2011 in Neuroscience S. Begley, Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, Ballantine Books, New York, 2007. Images of the brains of prisoner’s who are convicted of murder, show important differences between psychopaths and non-psychopaths – the parts of the brain associated with emotional callousness and anti-social behavior. -The Ventromedial prefrontal cortex the is responsible for sentiments such as empathy and guilt. -The amygdalamediates fear and anxiety. -These two areas are important communicate in processing empathy and in perceiving the mental and emotional state of others. Reduced in psychopaths(1). -Designing UI for compassion is important because the brain is adaptive (plasticity) and repetitive social and emotional behavior influence us (2).

  6. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 ARE WE USING PSYCHOPATHIC DEVICES? We Are Surrounded! The Present: We are surrounded individually and collectively with interfaces devoid of emotional intelligence. Devices have No guilt No emotion No awareness of effect on people or other software/hardware No algorithms to enforce positive social behavior No knowledge of importance of emotions among programmers Languages and tools for programmers to support knowledge representation and reasoning, perception and expression, etc. are sparse.

  7. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 . Neuroplasticity Neuroplasticity (Brain Plasticity) describes our brains natural ability to change its circuitry to compensate for birth defects, damage, disease, or the bad habits of unintentional programming.  We’re participating in the wiring of our brains every waking moment -  either accidentally or intentionally. Brain changes and creates new connections our whole life, not just when we’re young. Its more like a muscle. We change the brain based on repeated stimuli, accidentally or intentionally..good habits or bad habits. Image shows effect of brain training program called Lumosity.

  8. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 Lumosity and Neuroplasticity Changes in frontal-parietal activation and math skills performance following adaptive number sense training: preliminary results from a pilot study. Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2011 Aug;21(4):433-54. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2011.578446. Epub 2011 Jun 30. Further studies relate to short term memory, focus of attention, etc.

  9. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 The Dalai Lama Was Right – Without Compassion WE ARE DOOMED! The Biophysical Case for Compassion Rate of wound healing is affected by negative emotion (deVries, et al. 2007) Warm contact relates to lower cardiovascular reactivity (Kiecolt-Glaser, 2005) Brain glucose metabolism is affected by psychosocial stressors (Kern et al., 2008) Positive motherly affect increases creation of neural stem cells in hippocampal axis (governs short term memory) and expression of genes regulating stress response (Meaneyet al., 2001) Positive cognitive state influences positive immune response and vice versa (Azar, 2001; Davidson et al., 2003; Wager et al.,2004). Mason, C., Affective Computing and Interaction: A Psychological, Cognitive and Neurological Perspective, International J. Synthetic Emotion, June 2012.

  10. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 The World’s Economic, Social and Political Psychopathy Nightmare Domestic Violence: War School Violence Workplace Violence Bullying Animal Abuse Child Abuse Earth - Pollution Economic Dimensions of Compassion

  11. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 How Do We Give Machines Emotional Intelligence (EIQ)? Common Sense Big Data Together Japan is in the Lead Robot Companions Elder Care Entertainment Healthcare??? (the neuroplasty connection) No “If you ask, how do I know how you feel? There are different routes: the affective route involving empathy and compassion and another route, the perceptive, through knowledge based on inference.” We could use a world wide guideline for user interface design.

  12. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 HOW TO CREATE COMPUTER PROGRAMS WITH COMPASSIONATE INTELLIGENCE? INSERT EOP STUFF HERE

  13. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 A COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE FOR A SOFTWARE AGENT WITH COMPASSIONATE INTELLIGENCE

  14. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 How Do We Give Machines Emotional Intelligence (EIQ)? Common Sense Big Data Together Let the problems or applications tell us what to do Japan is in the Lead Robot Companions Elder Care Entertainment Healthcare??? (the neuroplasty connection) No “If you ask, how do I know how you feel? There are different routes: the affective route involving empathy and compassion and another route, the perceptive, through Sensing and knowledge based on inference.” We need A world wide guideline for user Interface Design. Tania Singer during her presentation at the Mind and Life XXVI meeting at Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, India, on January 19, 2013.

  15. C. MasonConference on Science and CompassionTelluride, Colorado 2012 MANY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES LAW OF ROBOTICS ROBOT SOCIOLOGY ROBOT PSYCHOLOGY CULTURE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF OBJECTS

  16. Studies focused specifically on the power of new Technologies to redefinie temporal and spatial boundaries of interactions And explore the prorssive merging of human and artificial elements in defining contemporary personal and social identity (De Souza e Silva, 2006) Social psychological methodology showed that ordinary people attribute human-like traits to those objecs that have specific interactive and communicative capacities And recognize them as legitimate participants in social exchange. So Technical objects such as answering devices, robots, computers and Software agents transform social interaction.

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