Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:3171] Re: Person to Character Dialogues
From: Barry Kort (bkort@musenet.org)
Date: Tue 16 Apr 2002 - 02:52:48 MEST
From: Barry Kort <bkort@musenet.org> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:3171] Re: Person to Character Dialogues Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:52:48 -0400 (EDT)
> Imaginary character-to-character dialogue has been done pedagogically,
> in videos, one of the more boring ways to learn. Why do we love
> movies but hate (OK, I speak for myself) instructional videos? Is
> it the production values, characterization, script, something else?
I believe it's because pedagogical videos are not structured as good
drama. Professional dramatists know how to shape a cast of characters
so that they spark a good drama. Instructional dialogues need this
kind of craftsmanship too.
> You endorse person-to-person and character-to-character dialogues,
> but are silent on person-to-character dialogues. I would think that
> the last would fall in between the other two in terms of pedagogical
> effectiveness, particularly as the student might be as emotionally
> involved as the person-to-person case.
The technology for person-to-character dialogues is a current area of
research, but even the best of them are not yet ready for deployment.
At the MIT Media Lab, there is some good work underway on Embodied
Conversational Agents. I estimate that it will be another 5 years or so
before this technology comes of age.
Barry Kort, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Affective Computing
MIT Media Lab
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