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I am interested in reading where Kay references semiotics? As a designer that is “graphically oriented” by nature, and also “CLI oriented” from necessity, I ca
by spacebacon 2y ago
I am interested in reading where Kay references semiotics?
As a designer that is “graphically oriented” by nature, and also “CLI oriented” from necessity, I can easily see why Kay would lean into semiotics to iron out how humans should best interact with machines.
It’s possible all interfaces will eventually be seen as relics of a low bandwidth input era. We should understand the semiotics (and physics) of everything well before we hand off full autonomy to technology.
- kreetx 2y agoHe doesn't directly reference semiotics, it's just the line of argument that adds an interpreter to the equation. This implies that data is just a signifier, which can then be resolved to a signified by the help of an interpreter, hence you also need to send an interpreter alongside it. In what form is an interpreter sent though remains an open question (because if the answer is "data" then wouldn't that mean a recursion in the argument?).
- spacebacon 2y agoThanks for clarifying that, I appreciate that connection you made.
- spacebacon 2y agoAt some point of exhaustion the recursion can be interrupted by a dynamic conceptual framework as the interpreter. Still left with philosophy.
- spacebacon 2y agoAnything less than being a convincing prophet or an exhaustive orator won't suffice. There is likely no definitive answer to anything—only varying degrees of certainty, based on conceptual frameworks that are ultimately rooted in philosophy.