Conscious interfaces: a shared responsibility

Abstract

The interfaces have gradually become important because they are a conjectural point to achieve antropoformization of the spaces used by humans. Under this perspective, it is essential to have a certain degree of intelligence that allows autonomy during decision-making. Now, the interfaces appear in our lives being able of certain intimacy; this implies an implicit knowledge; even if it is a general form of human behavior and its vulnerability to certain events. This article presents a first version of what is intended to be the inference engine of an interface for an autonomous car. The mental models that represent the conducts of the interface are designed, which will be responsible for the continuous monitoring of the environment. The interface will make a decision considering its affects, that is, what does the interface feel as a conscious part within a context, in the case of study driving a car. In order to achieve this, is used a methodology that allows to take into account the emotions within a cognitive model.