2024 MIT Digital Technology and Strategy Conference: Perspective-Aware AI

Conference Video|Duration: 24:18
September 17, 2024
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    Hossein Rahnama
    Visiting Professor, MIT Media Lab,
    Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

    We define perspective-aware computing as an emerging area of computational innovation in which users of the system can view and interact through each other’s points of view without the need for a centralized recommendation system. To achieve this, we propose a multi-modal neuro-symbolic graph generation approach to construct personalized models known as “Chronicles” from a user’s digital footprint, comprehending an individual’s cognitive and behavioral tendencies in diverse contexts. Applications of our approach enable users of a trusted social network to view and interact with information through each other’s perspective. In summary, we allow individuals to lend their expertise to each other, and advance classic digital personalization techniques toward more participatory systems. This approach has potential in the design of less-biased recommendation systems in areas such as Digital Immortality, peer-to-peer learning, and in general, decentralized computational social systems.

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    Hossein Rahnama
    Visiting Professor, MIT Media Lab,
    Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

    We define perspective-aware computing as an emerging area of computational innovation in which users of the system can view and interact through each other’s points of view without the need for a centralized recommendation system. To achieve this, we propose a multi-modal neuro-symbolic graph generation approach to construct personalized models known as “Chronicles” from a user’s digital footprint, comprehending an individual’s cognitive and behavioral tendencies in diverse contexts. Applications of our approach enable users of a trusted social network to view and interact with information through each other’s perspective. In summary, we allow individuals to lend their expertise to each other, and advance classic digital personalization techniques toward more participatory systems. This approach has potential in the design of less-biased recommendation systems in areas such as Digital Immortality, peer-to-peer learning, and in general, decentralized computational social systems.

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