[alicebot-general] Personality models (was: Big Five personalitytraits)

[Chris Lofting]

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> Subject: Re: [alicebot-general] Personality models (was: Big Five
> personalitytraits)
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> --- "Dr. Rich Wallace" <drwallace at gmail.com> escreveu:
> 
> > For bot building, personality types have at least
> > two applications: one is building a set of "stock"
> > personalities that are easily customized into
> > individuals when combined with biographical data.
> > The other is building personality tests into bots
> > (like CLAUDIO) so that the bot's personality can
> > adapt to the client's type.
> 
> I also think that, when properly described, a bot's
> personality is a natural source for good query
> responses. In this regard, I've found Anthony
> Gregorc's Mind Styles [1] (used by Peter Plantec in
> his book Virtual Humans [2]) to be a very useful tool,
> as it lends itself well for the creation of
> compreensive character profiles.
> 
> [1] http://www.gregorc.com,
> http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/Gregorc.htm

These just work off two dichotomies and as such are weak. MBTI works off
four dichotomies, big-5 off 5.

The IDM work shows the ability to go way beyond any of this covering a range
of 6 to 12 dichotomies (and so 64 to 4096 possible particulars that then get
customised to be singular and so unique) and that leads into detecting
'purpose' in types, IOW each type has a goal. You cannot get this sort of
detail from four or less dichotomies as self-referencing needs to develop a
bit before one can get good details and so extract a type's "spectrum".

What of interest is that it takes only three to six questions to get access
to someone's spectrum and so identify a LOT of detail that is hidden, even
from them (I have a system based on emotions that can often 'bypass'
conscious censorship and extract some 'need' of an individual - this is
based on understanding emotions and semi-autonomous and so operating on
their own - and so the ability for our rational minds to see all is 'ok'
whilst we feel 'uncomfortable' where the discomfort comes from our emotions
reacting to the context)

As such, the template derived in IDM can be used to flesh-out (1) way beyond
its current form of presentation.

The SCIENCE perspective on persona is dependent of statistical analysis and
so a degree of sameness. True personality, one's unique nature, is outside
of Science since it is incomparable. Thus our unique nature can act as a
random element in interactions and so innovations come out of the singular
more so than the particular.

These type tests cover genetically-determined expressions that reflect what
we find in other collectives - be they of primates or ants or bees -
specialist types such as warriors, drones etc These types develop for the
sake of the collective and has such have no 'individual' nature as such.
They are like sperm where a lot try to fertilise one egg. Each sperm is
'meaningless' in this sort of functionality; they all have the same goal.

With the development of our individual consciousness, about 24 months after
birth, comes true uniqueness where sensory differentiation plus exposure to
local context shapes the personality beyond that 'seeded' in the genetics.

Thus Science-derived categories fit particular natures, but to get a
singular means developing a personal history to contribute, to refine,
expression.

That said, with understanding of the structure of emotions we can get a lot
of information but it is 'vague' to the individual.

Chris.