Miscellanea

From Anders Sandberg’s blog, warning signs for tomorrow. I can think of a couple of places I’d like to post the “Group Intellect” warning; “Existential Threat” may have to turn into an icon. I may have to sit down and come up with some other useful warning signs. (“Beware of Golem!”)

From Slashdot, an article suggesting that call centers may be using emotion detection software to tell when customers are annoyed. I’m not really sure what they’re doing with this; if they already have a human on-line, humans are much better at detecting annoyance than machines are. If they’re using it to identify “this person is getting pissed, move them up in the voicemail queue,” that seems like one of the worst perverse incentives I’ve seen in a while. It makes me think of Crowley’s antics from Good Omens.

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Published in: on October 20, 2006 at 20:09  Comments (23)  

23 Comments

  1. On October 20, 2006 at 20:43 gaaneden said:

    I am SO making some new icons. I really like “Chaotic System”

  2. On October 20, 2006 at 20:43 gaaneden said:

    I am SO making some new icons. I really like “Chaotic System”

  3. On October 20, 2006 at 21:02 merovingian said:

    Your “Beware of Golem” sign idea makes me want to make warning signs for golems that read “Beware of Non-Golems.”

  4. On October 20, 2006 at 21:02 merovingian said:

    Your “Beware of Golem” sign idea makes me want to make warning signs for golems that read “Beware of Non-Golems.”

  5. On October 20, 2006 at 21:12 zunger said:

    “Turing Test required to pass beyond this point!”

  6. On October 20, 2006 at 21:12 zunger said:

    “Turing Test required to pass beyond this point!”

  7. On October 20, 2006 at 21:15 merovingian said:

    “Warning: Area Contains Challenging But Not Overwhelming Opponents Bearing Gold and Magic Items”

  8. On October 20, 2006 at 21:15 merovingian said:

    “Warning: Area Contains Challenging But Not Overwhelming Opponents Bearing Gold and Magic Items”

  9. On October 20, 2006 at 21:49 zunger said:

    “You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike”

  10. On October 20, 2006 at 21:49 zunger said:

    “You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike”

  11. On October 20, 2006 at 21:50 merovingian said:

    “Entering FDR Zone: Beware of Fear Itself”

  12. On October 20, 2006 at 21:50 merovingian said:

    “Entering FDR Zone: Beware of Fear Itself”

  13. On October 20, 2006 at 21:56 fullandbye said:

    If the emotion detecting software does move you up the queue, then I need to learn how to cynically manipulate this software.

  14. On October 20, 2006 at 21:56 fullandbye said:

    If the emotion detecting software does move you up the queue, then I need to learn how to cynically manipulate this software.

  15. On October 20, 2006 at 22:24 zunger said:

    By being unhappy, of course. That’s the perverse incentive. 🙂

  16. On October 20, 2006 at 22:24 zunger said:

    By being unhappy, of course. That’s the perverse incentive. 🙂

  17. On October 20, 2006 at 22:24 troglodyteking said:

    Wow, that is great.

  18. On October 20, 2006 at 22:24 troglodyteking said:

    Wow, that is great.

  19. On October 20, 2006 at 23:29 Anonymous said:

    It will take some intense training to learn how to hide my exuberant joy at being placed on hold…

  20. On October 20, 2006 at 23:31 fullandbye said:

    It will take intense training to learn how to conceal my exuberant joy at being placed on hold.

  21. On October 20, 2006 at 23:31 fullandbye said:

    It will take intense training to learn how to conceal my exuberant joy at being placed on hold.

  22. On October 20, 2006 at 23:46 merovingian said:

    Thanks!

  23. On October 20, 2006 at 23:46 merovingian said:

    Thanks!


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