On Idiosyncratic Systems. Part I. Idiosyncratic Systems. Part II. On Being Creative with Computer Aided Design.

Abstract

In part I, the author discusses a personalized computer -- an idiosyncratic system intimately acquainted with a specific user. Familiarity is gained over time, through shared experiences, and in context-dependent, interpersonal hypotheses. Personalization offers the possibility of machine recognition and understanding of conversations that otherwise appear ambiguous, incomplete, or vague. The paper postulates powerful, dedicated, and ubiquitous machines. We present a modest example of how the user can help the computer. In part II, the author considers creativity in the context of computer aided design. Following introductions to theories about creativity, and computer graphics, the paper presents four settings for the computer as a wholesale slave, a virtuoso, a creativogenic tolerance, and a place. They progress from a compliant and partitioned system to well-disposed and redundant surround. The paper concludes with some of the ingredients for highly personalized design systems, so-called idiosyncratic systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1977
Accession Number
ADA038162

Entities

People

  • Nicholas Negroponte

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Graphics
  • Human Behavior
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Thinking

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  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design