Box #10

Her, Agency, Translation, AI Tutors, College, Therapeutic Culture

1. Julian Lehr on why “audio interfaces” (i.e., the world depicted in the movie Her) are going to be supplemental to rather than supplanting of written interfaces (i.e., typing). The trade-off in communication between speed (convenience) and precision is structural. The key distinction is not between audio and written, but between active and passive. We re…