Friendly Interfaces Between Humans and Machines
This book discusses human–machine interactions, specifically focusing on making them as natural as human–human interaction. It is based on the premise that to get the right connect between human and machines, it is essential to understand not only the beh
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Friendly Interfaces Between Humans and Machines
P. V. S. Rao Sunil Kumar Kopparapu •
Friendly Interfaces Between Humans and Machines
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P. V. S. Rao Department of Computer Science Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Sunil Kumar Kopparapu TCS Research and Innovation Tata Consultancy Services Thane, Maharashtra, India
ISBN 978-981-13-1749-1 ISBN 978-981-13-1750-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1750-7
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To all those researchers who are striving to narrow the communication gap between humans and machines. —P. V. S. Rao To all those who believe in using the current state of technology for larger good rather than procrastinating for the lack of availability of a perfect technology. —Sunil Kumar Kopparapu
Preface
With the increasing adoption of technology in day-to-day activity, it has become extremely important to build human–machine interfaces (HMIs) that are both natural and convenient to use by all strata of the society. When humans communicate among themselves, whether in the written or oral mode, while the ‘messages’ are easy to understand for the human observer, the underlying rules of language are not obvious; they are generally complex and tricky to understand or codify. Even in such a tricky scenario, usually humans can quite easily unpack the many nuanced allusions and connotations in every sentence and decode what another person is saying. Computers are extremely effective in applications involving number crunching; however, thin
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