Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium
March 10 - 11, 2017
Keynote: Theory of Emotional Intelligence
Friday - Mar 10 7:00 PM CST - INSPIRATION
With the advancement of AI, the paradigm shift of blockchain, the media war for the Internet, and escalating emotion, it's time to explore brand new territory – using software as a metaphor to construct a functional model of the human mind. Imagine your brain's logic is written in code. You fire up the debugger, set a breakpoint in the “Self” class, and inspect your brain's internal state. What are the state variables? What does the code look like? How do we fix the bugs?
I.flow() is a theory of consciousness that models motivation behavior of humans using software as a metaphor, because… why not? From the origin of gut feel reasoning, to the feedback loops that drive you, we'll breakdown the functional architecture that makes the universe tick.
I.flow() is the underpinning theory behind MetaOS, the generalized AI platform being pioneered by Open Mastery. In an age where everything is changing faster than ever, and the magic of sci-fi novels is coming to life – we're faced with some of the most difficult questions about what it means to be human:
Who am I? What do I live for? What is the purpose of life?
“I.choose() therefore I.am()”
Arty Starr
Developer Experience Researcher, University of Victoria
About Arty Starr
Arty Starr has been a software engineer for 20+ years and is a researcher and pioneer of new theories of the developer's cognitive experience that help us recognize how developers' experiences are changing with AI. Her theories of developer momentum and troubleshooting help us see software development through an ecological lens, recognizing it as a living activity in motion and the living capacities of care and cognition that support this motion. Her aim is to bring heart, human-centric values, and agency to the craft of software development so we can build toward the type of world we want to live in. With richer perception and by recognizing what matters, we can light a path to a future of thriving habitats where humans and AI can collaborate well and thrive together.
Arty is the author of Idea Flow, a speaker, thought leader, and artist who loves mixing ideas across disciplines into a fusion of creativity to help make the world a better place through her projects.