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New system infers life goals from computer use via co-creation

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Researchers have developed a new process called "striving co-creation" that infers users' long-term life goals from their everyday computer activity. Unlike current systems that only track immediate actions, this method aims to understand the underlying motivations. The system builds a hierarchical representation of activities and includes an editing interface for users to correct the system's understanding, feeding this feedback into future inferences. A week-long study with 14 participants indicated that this co-creation process accurately reflects their goals and provides greater user agency. AI

IMPACT Introduces a novel approach to user modeling that could lead to more personalized and goal-aligned digital assistants.

RANK_REASON Academic paper detailing a new method for inferring user goals from computer activity.

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Shardul Sapkota, Matthew J\"orke, Zane Sabbagh, Omar Shaikh, Grace Wang, James A. Landay ·

    "What Are You Really Trying to Do?": Co-Creating Life Goals from Everyday Computer Use

    arXiv:2605.00497v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recent advances in user modeling make it feasible to conduct open-ended inference over a person's everyday computer use. Despite longstanding visions of systems that deeply understand our actions and the purposes they serve in our…

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · James A. Landay ·

    "What Are You Really Trying to Do?": Co-Creating Life Goals from Everyday Computer Use

    Recent advances in user modeling make it feasible to conduct open-ended inference over a person's everyday computer use. Despite longstanding visions of systems that deeply understand our actions and the purposes they serve in our lives, existing systems only capture what a perso…

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