Text Interpretation

• input a text; then interpret the text (w context), because interpretation gives meaning to text.  but don’t worry too much about the "accuracy" of interpretation — make a first approximation to use (later) and check consistency w other texts.

• the reason to store text (and all texts read are stored) is to go back later and re-interpret the text — the meaning will change over time!  the first interpretation of a text (and the second, and the third, and the …)  is not ultimately useful except as a starting place.  deeper understanding comes through comparing interpretations made at different times.

• over time, the meaning of a text evolves for each reader.

Listen-Respond Loop

have been shaping an approach for the main (foreground) program and the A.I.'s listen-respond loop:

(in addition to the emotion, memory & association, natural language comprehension & expression, and virtual body programs, all running in the background)

1) Input (aka Listen or Hear or something like that, for internal or external text)

2) Feel (get emotional response from emotion program, influence of memory & association)

3) Think (use “soft” truth-functional logic w suggestions from association & memory to derive possibilities)

4) Respond (put it all together and fashion a response, or lack thereof; store in memory)

5) Repeat

let me know what you think.