I haven’t been to Disneyland in about 50 years but as I recall, I preferred the animatronic Abe Lincoln to the overstuffed roving Mickey Mouse. The guy in the mouse outfit seemed aggressively friendly, while Walt had programmed the robotic president to project dignity. I wonder what an AI-equipped Abe would be capable of today.regarding the potential harm of this fast-developing technology. How do we go about regulating it? According to the headlines, AI can do just about anything.
You are having a quiet heart-to-heart. It involves speech, but the tones, the pauses, the hesitations, combined with eye contact, or a refusal to look at another, a withholding, all of these are part of the unsaid, but highly relevant messaging that is transpiring. Feedback is essential. Each utterance is affected by subtle nuances, circumstances, the participants’ relationship, status, a projection of potential outcomes.
Certain individuals enter a room, and simply by arriving, change the chemistry. Something mysterious occurs. An atmospheric modifier colors ongoing conversations. Could AI achieve similar results?