>> this has hit a nice level, something workable... Jarvis goes and kicks it up a notch. <<
Yay! I'm happy to hear that.
>> Have I said today that your Jarvis is /awesome/? <<
*grin*
>> I know /adult humans/ who cannot adjust their language well enough to cope with an average two-year-old, or non-native speaker of English, or (often worse) the mildly hearing impaired. <<
Huh. For me, it's hard to guess what other people don't know or can't do. My vocabulary is around 45-50,000 words in English, so it's not rare for me to use words that other people don't know. But given a language sample, I can usually do a decent job of matching someone else's level.
>> Yet Jarvis-- who is PRICKLY about his status relative to the other Avengers, dropped his vocabulary down to match someone who called the sink a "fountain", and took a chance at using an unfamiliar phrase Hulk /might/ figure out, all while maintaining that calm, reassuring tone that Hulk finds so strange and unfamiliar. <<
JARVIS is actually doing several things here: * searching his memory of words that Hulk has used, * running a quick correlation to compare Hulk's way of speaking to other samples available online, which pings a match with toddler speech, and then * scanning for supportive references such as word lists for toddlers and linguistic articles about vocabulary trees showing how a simple umbrella term (like "cup") later divides into more refined terms (like "mug" and "goblet").
JARVIS has the ability to adapt his interface mode to different users, and he has to do that all the time, because on the one hand he's working with Tony (one of the smartest people alive) and on the other he's working with ordinary Stark Industries personnel (from highly educated engineers down to sanitary workers who may not be fully fluent in English). Hulk takes a little getting used to, but once JARVIS gets him talking, it's possible to start mapping the pattern.
>> That's so awesome it /really/ shows that Jarvis has his own super powers. (I know I'm repeating myself, but hey, it's worth repeating!) <<
Yay! Yes, extrapolation is a superpower. Took me a while to realize that, but like I said, it's hard for me to recognize what other people can't do. I thought it was perfectly normal. But then I also thought that explaining things and breaking them down into simple steps was obvious, and that turns out to be pretty rare too. Go figure.
Re: Just when I think--
Yay! I'm happy to hear that.
>> Have I said today that your Jarvis is /awesome/? <<
*grin*
>> I know /adult humans/ who cannot adjust their language well enough to cope with an average two-year-old, or non-native speaker of English, or (often worse) the mildly hearing impaired. <<
Huh. For me, it's hard to guess what other people don't know or can't do. My vocabulary is around 45-50,000 words in English, so it's not rare for me to use words that other people don't know. But given a language sample, I can usually do a decent job of matching someone else's level.
>> Yet Jarvis-- who is PRICKLY about his status relative to the other Avengers, dropped his vocabulary down to match someone who called the sink a "fountain", and took a chance at using an unfamiliar phrase Hulk /might/ figure out, all while maintaining that calm, reassuring tone that Hulk finds so strange and unfamiliar. <<
JARVIS is actually doing several things here:
* searching his memory of words that Hulk has used,
* running a quick correlation to compare Hulk's way of speaking to other samples available online, which pings a match with toddler speech, and then
* scanning for supportive references such as word lists for toddlers and linguistic articles about vocabulary trees showing how a simple umbrella term (like "cup") later divides into more refined terms (like "mug" and "goblet").
JARVIS has the ability to adapt his interface mode to different users, and he has to do that all the time, because on the one hand he's working with Tony (one of the smartest people alive) and on the other he's working with ordinary Stark Industries personnel (from highly educated engineers down to sanitary workers who may not be fully fluent in English). Hulk takes a little getting used to, but once JARVIS gets him talking, it's possible to start mapping the pattern.
>> That's so awesome it /really/ shows that Jarvis has his own super powers. (I know I'm repeating myself, but hey, it's worth repeating!) <<
Yay! Yes, extrapolation is a superpower. Took me a while to realize that, but like I said, it's hard for me to recognize what other people can't do. I thought it was perfectly normal. But then I also thought that explaining things and breaking them down into simple steps was obvious, and that turns out to be pretty rare too. Go figure.
>> Thanks for posting this. <<
You're welcome!