Re: HM.frameworks: anew (was HM.VR_AI: Goals and Overview :HumanML_VR_AI Facilitator)

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Title: Re: HM.frameworks: anew (was HM.VR_AI: Goals and Over

At 12:57 PM -0400 10/9/01, Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga wrote:

> Probably a
> good idea to step back a bit, by first elaborating on the
> HM.frameworks.  It currently is unedited (although Kurt is
> getting it dolled up), and developing it fully is a herculean
> task, but I think its the logical first step.
>  
> Issues we've
> discussed will resurface (especially about identity, definition,
> meaning, and interpretation)....regardless of the technical confounds,
> the taxonomies would still need to be enumerated and classified first
> as simply taxonomies.
>  
> To start
> again (and simply)...
>  
> Smile
>   
> Puckered
>   
> Wide
>   
> Wry
>    Grin
>   
> Toothy
>  
> Any
> thoughts?
>

<snip in the interests of starting anew, and since this is taxonomy land>

I assume we are now discussing facialGesture:smile:?

This means we are now discussing the appearance presented by a human of what we call a smile and how we can describe that appearance, yes?

I suggest that we start with context-neutral descriptions, which most of Ranjeeth's are, except Wry. This is the realm of purely physical description without connotation.

Then we can move on to "interpretations" of those physical descriptions of appearances presented and see what kind of agreement we can get on connotations and intentionality. That's where it starts getting tricky.

That's also where we run into primary and secondary audiences and what meanings get translated from observation into perception.

There's a few thoughts.

Ciao,

Rex

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