Performing Out of Bounds presented a really interesting way of using technology to learn more about human communication and interaction. According to Kelly Dobson, machines could serve as a bridge for visceral and autonomic communication. Project Umo, for example, reacts to one's own "emotional breathing" and helps one further understand that form of communication. This form of communication transcends our usual definitions of communication, as it is essentially a form of communication that could be achieved by machine and human. Considering the mimetic nature of the machines Dobson described, it would seem that machine and human aren't actually communicating.
Ultimately these machines are just allowing us to learn more about ourselves as communicative beings. Machines are somewhat of an extension of ourselves, as we model them for our usage and comprehension. Thus through the learning of self, and subtle human communication, we are in a way communicating with our machines.
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