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== Abstract ==

Open Questions:
*optical character recognition / computer vision interface. (natural interface)
*optical mark reader (Scantron!)
*automated response / grading.
*are the results and the test stored in the same system? If so, that seems like a bit of a foregone conclusion.
*what does the user/viewer contribute? explore their own responses to questions while simultaneously learning the test, driving the computer
*engaging external circuits of meaning: sending tests into testing services. taking the SAT. hiring a therapist. getting an official diagnosis.
*exploring tests as cultural artifacts -- (for instance the 599 question MMPI)
**implicit values
*physical form.
**getting it off of the screen!
**other modalities of response. sound? lights? motion? achievement certificates?

== Timeline ==
*Approach essential conceptual concerns through practical experimentation.
**open/closed system?
**Emergent behavior--does the system evolve towards something? Is it goal-driven? If so, what are the goals.
**Alternately, is the system simply playing out closed possibilities. (Every Icon).
**Documentary/emulative behavior--does it record some trace of the viewer's/user's actions? Do they shape the emerging personality?

== References ==
*Autopoesis, autpoetic systems. second-order cybernetcis. Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela.
*Kelly Dobson. Blendie. Machine Therapy. attachments between people and machines.
*Helicopter parents. parent warez. The Parent Bay (TPB).
*Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
*Beck Depression Inventory.
*Beck Hopelessness Scale.
*Weschsler Adult Intelligence Scale-revised. (WAIS R)
*Weschsler Intelligence Scale for Children-revised. (WISC R)