08-06-03

work in progress….

THE BLACK LEATHER JOURNAL
DISCOURSE DEVELOPMENT

IN DEVELOPING SHELL, REALISM IS KEY. WHEN LOOKING AT THE CURRENT A.I. PROJECTS THAT EXIST SUCH AS A.L.I.C.E. AND ANNABOT, PROGRAMMERS TRY TO MIMIC HUMAN CONVERSATIONS AND THOUGHT FLOW IN THE MANNER ONE WOULD COME ACROSS IN DAILY LIFE, THIS OF COURSE IS SELF DEFEATING IN THAT YOU WILL THEN BE CREATING A HUGE OBSTACLE BETWEEN THE USER AND THE MEDIUM LEADING TO A BREACH IN BELIEVABLILITY, THUS THROWING UP RED FLAGS TO THE USER AND PUTTING THEM ON THEIR GUARD INSTEAD OF ENGROSSING THEM IN THE EXPERIENCE.

HUMAN MANNERISMS AND DISCOURSE CHANGE DRAMATICALLY WHEN YOU COMPARE EVERYDAY CONVERSATION AND INTERACTION TO THAT YOU FIND ON THE WEB. SO BY TRYING TO MIMIC THE COMVERSATIONAL STYLES FOUND IN DIRECT HUMAN TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION, YOU WILL BEGIN TO FIND YOURSELF BEING LIMITED BY YOUR MEDIA’S SHORTCOMINGS INSTEAD OF EXPLOITING THEM.

WHERE AS MANY PEOPLE WOULD FIND THE STYLES OF ONLINE COMMUNICATION COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE TO ACHIEVING A BELIEVEABLE A.I., THESE STYLES HAVE BECOME A FACT OF LIFE TO MANY AND ARE READILY ACCEPTABLE FOR THE MEDIUM. TXT AND INSTANT MESSAGING HAVE CREATED AN ENTIRELEY NEW SET OF MANNERISMS AND DISCOURSE THAT WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION SINCE THIS WILL BE THE WAY SHELL WILL BE COMMUNICATING TO USERS. SINCE HER INTERFACE WILL BE MIMICING THE APPERANCE OF AN INSTANT MESSAGING DEVICE, HER DISCOURSE WILL ALSO HAVE TO MIMIC THAT USED IN INSTANT MESSAGING SO THAT USERS, WHO HAVE ASSUMABLY HAD PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH INSTANT MESSAGING AND CHATROOMS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY TO THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH SHELL AND REGISTER IT INTO A PRE-ESTABLISHED SCHEMA.