Posted by so on May 23, 2005, at 15:03:14
In reply to Re: or.... » so, posted by Dinah on May 23, 2005, at 9:53:29
> Eliza is a concept that Alexandra is quite familiar with. So if you have any interest in it, you might start a discussion with her on the topic.
Beyond citing the most current generation of talking, responsive, life-like human animations, the entire topic of non-linguistic symbols and programmed conversational algorithms in network communication is probably too close to the boundaries for me within the context of implicit terms of service for this site, because I hold a deep, almost reverent interest in the role of hard-wired tendencies for pretense in animal behavior. My reverence, however, doesn't imply that I hold all symbolic gestures as equally useful to me.I hope you followed those links and had some conversation with the animations there. What is interesting to me is the how real conversation with these animations can seem, even though I know it is entirely a product of my interaction with software.
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