La Consolacion University Philippines

City of Malolos, Bulacan

Name: ROBINA A. MUTIA Course: MaEd-CAI

Subject: CAI 207 – Advance in Computer Instruction and Training Professor: Dr. Joseph Espino

Enrichment Exercise. You may cite example/s if necessary.

1. Locate one source (through the library or the web) that reports on empirical evidence
on human limitations. Provide a full reference to the source. In one paragraph,
summarize what the result of the research states in terms of a physical human
limitation.

- Understanding Human Intelligence through Human Limitations Thomas L. Griths

Departments of Psychology and Computer Science Princeton University
- Link: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2009/2009.14050.pdf

- The three main limitations of human according to the research made by Thomas L.
Griths of Princeton University are; (1) Time (2) Computation and (3) Communication.
To the extent that human minds are adapted to solve such problems, these
limitations potentially provide insight into the nature of human intelligence yet still
see outstanding limitations such as death, computational problem and cultural
evolution. The limitations that shape human intelligence also provide a way to
answer the question of what makes humans unique in a world where machines are
becoming increasingly intelligent.

2. A separate paragraph, write your thoughts on how you think this evidence on human
capabilities impacts interactive system design.
- Broadly speaking, humans face two kinds of problems that require resources that go
beyond the limitations of individual brains: inference and optimization. Inference –
trying to discover the truth about an aspect of the world – requires aggregating data
that go beyond the experience of one individual. An example is science: no single
human has personal experience of the entire history of experimental work in a given
field, so we need to develop mechanisms that allow us to aggregate that knowledge.
Optimization – trying to develop better solutions to a problem – involves
computational resources that are greater than a single human mind. An example is
technological development: each technology accretes innovations made by many
divergent people. Inference and optimization are also at the heart of many of the
problems we want our computers to solve, and that where interactive system
designs comes in. Artificial intelligence should bridge the gap between the known
and unknown, providing accessibility, making things possible from being impossible.