There’s a great new article on the extended mind, titled, “How Google Is Making Us Smarter“, in Discover Magazine’s latest issue. You should definitely check it out. The theory of the extended mind suggests that the mind is not contained exclusively ‘inside’ the skull, but rather that it extends into the external environment. While our [...]
Archive for January, 2009
The Extended Mind: Technology is Making Us Smarter
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Technology, tagged Andy Clark, Cognitive Science, David Chalmers, Discover Magazine, embodied mind, embodiment, extended memory, extended mind, externalism, google, internalism, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Technology on January 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Limited “Situational Awareness” Attributes to Drone Pilot Fatigue
Posted in Perception, Psychology, Technology, tagged bodily perception, drone pilots, embodied, embodiment, Las Vegas, lived experience, New York Times, Perception, predator drones, sensory cues, sensory isolation, situational awareness, unmanned drones on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to a recent New York Times article, military pilots of unmanned Predator drones, who operate the drones from Las Vegas, over 7,500 miles away from where the drones are flying, experience more fatigue than actual pilots flying manned planes. The reason? Sensory isolation. Since drone pilots operate remotely, they rely entirely upon cameras mounted [...]
