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On 26/02/2024 23:40, Bill W wrote:<br>
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style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Suppose two uploads were in the same room. How would they read each other like
people read body language and facial expressions?</div></pre>
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In exactly the same way.<br>
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</div><div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">In that book the AI drones have lights, such as green, red, etc. to communicate moods and such.</div><div
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style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Could they in addition have tones of voice? Of course. What else? bill w</div></pre>
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I'm not sure why uploads would need anything extra over what
biological humans use for communication. As they will have virtual
bodies and analogues of biological senses like sight and hearing,
projecting and receiving body language would be pretty similar, I'd
think. Of course, they'd have more control over their bodies than
biological humans do (and potentially greater sensual acuity), so
there'd probably be extra scope for body language signals than we
have. In any case, no need for anything extra (not to say there'd be
no desire for something extra, but that would develop over time, I
should think). They would be able to read each other just like we
do.<br>
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The Drones in Iain M Banks' novels only use such crude methods
because they don't have the same anatomy that humans do (not sure
why, but that's another issue). Uploads would be able to present any
appearance they like, including fully original-human. As people get
more adventurous and adopt more outlandish forms, then perhaps new
body language signals would need to be developed.<br>
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At some point, I'd expect new metalanguage would develop, and people
would then maybe exchange digital packages conveying nuances of
meaning that go way beyond what we are used to.<br>
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Ben<br>
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