Some problems with context awareness
Nice list of examples of past problems, from Erickson (2002): Spying a newsrack, Tom pulls his rented car to the side of the street and hops out to grab a paper. The car, recognizing the door has just...
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Erickson (2002) argues that “context awareness” is motivated by a desire for systems to take action, autonomously, leaving us out of the loop. The ability to do so accurately requires a lot of...
View ArticleFactors thought to maintain children and young people’s mental health problems
From Alan Carr’s Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (2nd ed) pp. 62-70: Family system factors Inadvertent reinforcement, e.g., frequently inquiring about mood or commenting on...
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