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In The Diamond Age, it was very advanced AI that included software specifically aimed at social interactions -- plus a kind of trust fund that paid for hiring "

by schoen 9y ago

In The Diamond Age, it was very advanced AI that included software specifically aimed at social interactions -- plus a kind of trust fund that paid for hiring "racters" (character actors) in certain circumstances.

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QuercusMax 9y ago
I always though "racters" was short for "interactors", but it could be either one...
- schoen 9y ago
  Oh, I think that might be right! It's been a little while. :-)
- rtkwe 9y ago
  I think it's a bit of both the 'shows'/programs are called "'ractives" clearly for interactives, from there we can get ractors from interactors or just a perversion of actors in ractives.
germinalphrase 9y ago
I haven't read the book. It monitor interactions with other people or just the device?
- retbull 9y ago
  From what I remember (couple of years since I read it) it can keep track of other people if they are near by but mostly the child would talk to the book like a friend and explain what was happening.