After captivating readers with the myriad benefits of attunement, the authors provide a path to maximize one's personal attunement. They describe the process of attunement as first having a relaxed ordinance of yourself, then really listening to and understanding the other person, and then coming up with a response tailored to the situation and to that person. Additionally, the authors offer practical exercises to improve one's attunement, including breathing, meditation, and partner exercises.
Perhaps most exciting of all, at the end of the book, the authors look toward the future and illustrate how attunement might relate to advanced artificial intelligence (AI). They describe artificial attunement as the act of attunement between machines and humans and postulate how machines can be attuned to us and vice versa. To explore the idea of artificial attunement, the authors begin by describing a simple Turing test of a machine fooling us into believing it's a person. They then review the achievements and pitfalls of current AI devices like Alexa and the incredible behavioral gestures of robots from Hanson Robotics. From there, the authors nod toward potential future technology like brain-computer interfaces where there might be even stronger versions of attunement. Pallathra and Brookin conclude with the exciting and somewhat unsettling observation that artificial attunement might allow us to connect with machines on a deeper level than we can connect with other humans. Overall, "Missing Each Other" was an interesting book that we would highly recommend.
Mark Gerstein & Alexandra Haslund-Gourley
Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections
by Brodkin, Edward, Pallathra, Ashley
Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections
by Brodkin, Edward, Pallathra, Ashley
https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Each-Other-Meaningful-Connections/dp/1541774019
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