A SuperMinds 2014 Talk by Jan Derboven (iMinds - CUO - KU Leuven). 'Smart' has become a key term in today's technology: digital devices are increasingly getting better at responding to people in an intelligent way. We all have smart devices that track our behaviour, and use that information to anticipate specific situations, react intelligently, and even talk to us. In a world with devices that understand us and know what we mean, the gap between dumb technology and smart people seems to be narrowing. What does this mean for the design of our technology? Jan Derboven will discuss user control and transparency in the design of smart technologies today, and in the future.

1. Smart
Technologies,
Stupid Users !
!
[or the other
way around]!
!
!

2. The Promised Land !
of Human-Computer Interaction? !

3. TRANSPARENCY!

4. Old, [dumb] technology is !
rigid and predictable!

5. New,
[smart]
technology
is
adap3ve,
but
unpredictable

6. Smart technology is a !
moving target!

7. Flexibility!

8. An
old
Siri
joke...

9. Smart
technology
needs
to
be
flexible

10. Characteristics like
transparency and flexibility
need careful design!