As part of a three-day conference on philosophy of human-technology relations, we organized a workshop on the topic of Intimate Technology on July 11th 2018 at the DesignLab at UTwente.
Personal and intimate technologies such as quantified self, mobile location sharing technology, social media, high-tech fashion, telepresence & mediated social touch technology, and virtual and robotic coaches in some sense "come close" to us in our daily lives. These digital technologies have many (potential) benefits, e.g., regarding health, efficiency, safety, and human connection. Yet they raise concerns about how they may affect us as human beings, in particular combined with the power of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.
In this workshop we brought together researchers and practitioners from a range of areas including philosophy, art, and computer science to discuss and exchange ideas on how to shape intimate technologies that can contribute to human flourishing. Specifically, the workshop focused on the effects on our vulnerability through the use of intimate digital technologies following three main relations between users and technologies:
Overall the presentations and discussions with the audience provided for a very inspiring and interesting exploration of the combination of intimacy and technology. It showed that a multidisciplinary perspective can give rise to truly original directions for shaping this field in a way that contributes to human flourishing. If you want to read more about it, check out Gijs Huisman's blog about the workshop, and Birna van Riemsdijk's website about Intimate Computing.
Workshop organizers:
Merijn Bruijnes
Dirk Heylen
Gijs Huisman
Nicola Liberati
Birna van Riemsdijk
As part of a three-day conference on philosophy of human-technology relations, we organized a workshop on the topic of Intimate Technology on July 11th 2018 at the DesignLab at UTwente.
Personal and intimate technologies such as quantified self, mobile location sharing technology, social media, high-tech fashion, telepresence & mediated social touch technology, and virtual and robotic coaches in some sense "come close" to us in our daily lives. These digital technologies have many (potential) benefits, e.g., regarding health, efficiency, safety, and human connection. Yet they raise concerns about how they may affect us as human beings, in particular combined with the power of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.
In this workshop we brought together researchers and practitioners from a range of areas including philosophy, art, and computer science to discuss and exchange ideas on how to shape intimate technologies that can contribute to human flourishing. Specifically, the workshop focused on the effects on our vulnerability through the use of intimate digital technologies following three main relations between users and technologies:
Overall the presentations and discussions with the audience provided for a very inspiring and interesting exploration of the combination of intimacy and technology. It showed that a multidisciplinary perspective can give rise to truly original directions for shaping this field in a way that contributes to human flourishing. If you want to read more about it, check out Gijs Huisman's blog about the workshop, and Birna van Riemsdijk's website about Intimate Computing.
Workshop organizers:
Merijn Bruijnes
Dirk Heylen
Gijs Huisman
Nicola Liberati
Birna van Riemsdijk