150 research outputs found
Following wrong suggestions: self-blame in human and computer scenarios
This paper investigates the specific experience of following a suggestion by
an intelligent machine that has a wrong outcome and the emotions people feel.
By adopting a typical task employed in studies on decision-making, we presented
participants with two scenarios in which they follow a suggestion and have a
wrong outcome by either an expert human being or an intelligent machine. We
found a significant decrease in the perceived responsibility on the wrong
choice when the machine offers the suggestion. At present, few studies have
investigated the negative emotions that could arise from a bad outcome after
following the suggestion given by an intelligent system, and how to cope with
the potential distrust that could affect the long-term use of the system and
the cooperation. This preliminary research has implications in the study of
cooperation and decision making with intelligent machines. Further research may
address how to offer the suggestion in order to better cope with user's
self-blame.Comment: To be published in the Proceedings of IFIP Conference on
Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT)201
Adaptive dual-comb spectroscopy in the green region
Dual-comb spectroscopy is extended to the visible spectral range with a
set-up based on two frequency-doubled femtosecond ytterbium-doped fiber lasers.
The dense rovibronic spectrum of iodine around 19240 cm-1 is recorded within 12
ms at Doppler-limited resolution with a simple scheme that only uses
free-running femtosecond lasers
Quasi-stationary states of electrons interacting with strong electromagnetic field in two-barrier resonance tunnel nano-structure
An exact solution of non-stationary Schrodinger equation is obtained for a
one-dimensional movement of electrons in an electromagnetic field with
arbitrary intensity and frequency. Using it, the permeability coefficient is
calculated for a two-barrier resonance tunnel nano-structure placed into a
high-frequency electromagnetic field. It is shown that a nano-structure
contains quasi-stationary states the spectrum of which consists of the main and
satellite energies. The properties of resonance and non-resonance channels of
permeability are displayed.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
The stratospheric QBO affects Southern Ocean sea ice through the tropical convection in early austral winter
The 11th Symposium on Polar Science/Ordinary sessions: [OM] Polar Meteorology and Glaciology, Poster presentations, Mon. 16 Nov. - Fri. 18 Dec
The impact of decadal-scale Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies on Sahelian rainfall and the North Atlantic Oscillation
The sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the tropical Indian Ocean show a pronounced warming since the 1950s. We have analyzed the impact of this warming on Sahelian rainfall and on the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) by conducting ensemble experiments with an atmospheric general circulation model. Additionally, we investigate the impact of the other two tropical oceans on these two climate parameters. Our results suggest that the warming trend in the Indian Ocean played a crucial role for the drying trend over the West Sahel from the 1950s to 1990s and may also have contributed to the strengthening of the NAO during the most recent decades
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