Robotics
In the 2012 film "Robot and Frank", the protagonist, a retired cat burglar named Frank, is suffering the early symptoms of dementia. Concerned and guilty, his son buys him a "home robot" that can talk, do household chores ...
Feb 15, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
It's no secret the trail of data we leave online can reveal intimate details about our lives. And there are myriad people whose job it is to collect and sift through this, often with a goal to engage in targeted advertising.
Nov 23, 2020
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Robotics
People tend to accept robots with humanlike characteristics up to a point. Then, things get strangely uncomfortable.
Nov 02, 2020
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Software
Canadian researchers have developed an app that tracks users' smartphone behavior to monitor mental health.
Jul 21, 2020 report
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Security
Motivated by the prospect of creating protective, social-distancing "bubbles" around members of the public, researchers in the UC San Diego Wireless Communications Sensing and Networking Laboratory are developing BluBLE, ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Most people encounter artificial intelligence (AI) every day in their personal and professional lives. Without giving it a second thought, people ask Alexa to add soda to a shopping list, drive with Google Maps and add filters ...
May 19, 2020
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Business
Dr. Tracy Xu, lecturer in hospitality at the University of Surrey's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, has published a paper in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management derived from interviews ...
May 06, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Social scientists have identified 10 dimensions to describe the nature of human relationships but little research has focused on how these concepts are expressed through written language, and what role they have in shaping ...
Apr 24, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Bots are social media accounts which are controlled by artificial software rather than by humans and serve a variety of purposes from news aggregation to automated customer assistance for online retailers. However, bots have ...
Apr 22, 2020
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Internet
The platforming of our lives on social media apps —like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter —is usually met with criticism. Interactive technologies, like video games and social media, we're told, make us anti-social. Now, ...
Apr 20, 2020
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Social interaction is a dynamic, changing sequence of social actions between individuals (or groups) who modify their actions and reactions according to those of their interaction partner(s). In other words, they are events in which people attach meaning to a situation, interpret what others are meaning, and respond accordingly.
Social interactions can be differentiated into:
In sociological hierarchy, social interaction is more advanced than behavior, action, social behavior, social action and social contact, and is in turn followed by more advanced concept of social relation. In other words, social interactions, which consist of social actions, form the basis for social relations.
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