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# I Will Be Speaking At LibrePlanet 2019
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Please join me [this year at LibrePlanet][0] for my talk,
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titled "Computational Symbiosis: Methods that Meld Mind and Machine".
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[0]: https://libreplanet.org/2019
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> Words like "wizardry" and "incantation" have long been used to describe
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> skillful computational feats. But neither computers nor
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> their users are performing feats of magic; for systems to think, we must
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> tell them how.
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> Today, users most often follow a carefully choreographed workflow that
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> thinks _for_ them, limited by a narrow set of premeditated
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> possibilities. But there exist concepts that offer virtually no limits on
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> freedom of expression or thought, blurring the distinction between "user"
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> and "programmer".
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>
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> This session demonstrates a range of practical possibilities when
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> machine acts as an extension of the user's imagination, for the technical
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> and nontechnical alike.
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For my previous three years' talks, see my [Talks page](/talks).
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2019-02-21 23:01:24 -05:00
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We will be gathering once again in the Stata Center at MIT.
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I'm excited to see everyone there!
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