Perceptual firewall
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A perceptual firewall is a system that alters incoming sights and sounds to reduce superpersuasion while preserving information needed to navigate, communicate and care for living things.
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One implementation uses an opaque camera headset and sound-isolating earpieces. The headset blocks direct light while displaying a filtered camera feed. It replaces features that act like supernormal stimuli with a less compelling presentation. A keeper might see an animal as a labelled silhouette with its position, movement and care alerts; speech can be transcribed or rendered in a neutral voice.
Use and limits
Firewalls are used during encounters with cuteness-optimized animals and other ASDI-designed stimuli. At a reception pontoon, a mediated view of velvet harbour whales can simplify their compelling appearance while retaining their approach, flipper position and clearance from the structure. In a screened nursery garden, the coordinated wing tones of pocket choir moths can become a plain alert that the group is calling, while a keeper still sees its location. The same principle applies to persuasive voices and advertisements.
A firewall depends on recognizing the relevant signal and preserving enough detail for the observer's task. An omitted cue may matter for safety or animal care, and a substituted image or voice may still affect a particular person. The filter is therefore adjusted and checked against the work being done and the responses of each observer. For a single hazardous still image, baseline-human protection withholds full colour at the point of display.
See also
- Superpersuasion
- Cuteness-optimized animals
- Velvet harbour whales
- Pocket choir moths
- Template:Baseline-human protection
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