Re: [SLUG] Avatar Interfaces

From: Derek Glidden (dglidden@illusionary.com)
Date: Mon May 07 2001 - 12:41:56 EDT


Paul, man, just go down to the store and get some milk... I mean, and
no offense here, if you put up this kind of weird philosophical
resistance to just getting some milk, I mean, your wife must be like, a
saint or something...

Paul M Foster wrote:
>
> [....]
>
> Here's an example of a task a human considers simple: Your wife says,
> "Honey, we need some milk for dinner." It's 3pm on a Sunday afternoon.
>
> On the surface, that statement requires no action at all. It's just a
> statement of a supposed fact. Is it a fact? What if she were to cook
> something else for dinner that didn't need milk? Are we actually out of
> milk, or did she miss that extra half-gallon in the back of the
> refrigerator? And so what if we do need milk? What does that mean to
> you? Why did she make that statement? Does it mean she's about to leave
> to go get some? Does it mean you have to go get some? If you have to go
> get it, when does she need it by? Must you go right now? Is there
> something else you are/want to/should be doing right now? Do you have
> time to do that and get milk before dinner? How important is what you're
> doing right now? And where do you get milk? And if you have to leave to
> get it, how do you get there? What requirements are there for getting
> milk? If you go somewhere, will they just give it to you? Do you need
> money? How much? And what kind of milk is needed? Are there different
> kinds? If it requires money, do you have it? Where? Must you go get
> money as well? What happens if you don't go get the milk? What happens
> if you tell her to go get the milk herself( >:-{ )? If you need to get
> there and getting there requires that you drive an automobile, what's
> needed to do that? Do you need keys? Where are they? Do you need gas?
> What kind of gas? How much? Where do you get it? Do you have to pay for
> it?
>
> We haven't even gotten out the door yet. And each one of these questions
> requires a type of reasoning that's far more than three-dimensional.
> Even the act of asking the questions requires deep reasoning, completely
> aside from actually answering them. And the solution to each question
> requires an understanding of _concepts_ and has its own weight. And
> really, I've oversimplified the whole problem. And this is a very simple
> human problem.
>
> [.....]

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