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AI, the brain, and the crowd, with CMU prof Niki Kittur

Jun 1, 2024

CMU prof Niki Kittur discusses crowd-augmented cognition and AI impact. Topics include enhancing creativity with AI, developing browser tab manager SEMA, ethics of AI, harnessing collective knowledge for innovation, and seeking alternatives for discontinued services.

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Skeema tab manager aids information organization in web browsers by synthesizing and annotating data efficiently.

Leveraging crowdsourcing and AI enhances problem-solving by combining human expertise with machine capabilities.

Deep dives

The Origin of Schema and enhancing Information Organization

The podcast delves into the development of Schema, a tab manager aimed at aiding users in information organization within web browsers. The idea stemmed from the need to efficiently manage overwhelming online information. Schema aimed to assist users in synthesizing, annotating information, and making it usable. The project evolved from initial research on tabs and knowledge workers behaviors, focusing on transforming tabs into actionable tasks that align with users' work patterns.

Introduction

2min

Enhancing Creativity and Problem-Solving through AI and Crowd Collaboration

9min

SEMA: Optimizing Browser Experience for Efficiency

14min

Exploring AI Impact, Ethics, and Personal Organization Preferences

4min

Harnessing Schema and Collective Knowledge for Innovation

5min

Exploring Alternatives and Expressing Value for a Service

2min

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we explore the frontier of crowd-augmented cognition, the concept of humans working together with the help of technology, including new ways that artificial intelligence is changing the field.

Our guest is Aniket (Niki) Kittur, a professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where his research focuses on new methods of augmenting human intellect using crowds and computation.

We also talk about a related project that Kittur and his colleagues developed called Skeema, a browser tab manager that helped users organize their work, projects, and ultimately their brains in the process.

With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.

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AI, the brain, and the crowd, with CMU prof Niki Kittur

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Origin of Schema and enhancing Information Organization

Crowd Augmented Cognition and Collaborative Information Processing

Future Directions in AI and Crowd Augmented Cognition

Legacy and Future Prospects of Schema and Call for Future Collaboration

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts