AI Isn’t Good at Reading Emotions
How would you feel if a robot provided your therapy? It's possible that emotionally intelligent machines are closer than you think. Artificial intelligence (AI) has improved over the past few decades at interpreting human emotional responses. But reading and understanding are not the same thing. Can AIs ever fully comprehend human beings if they are unable to feel emotions for themselves?
For several years, facial recognition technology has dominated the news. Because it suggests a surveillance state and constant monitoring, many are wary of it. People also worry that computers would be able to read their emotions from one moment to the next by simply looking at them. In order to make money, this could be utilized to take advantage of people for marketing, advertising, and other objectives.
In order to ostensibly enhance students' overall learning experiences, Chinese schools employed it to monitor how students felt while completing distance learning assignments. Computers that can identify emotions aren't particularly adept at it. Neuroscientists have categorically said that looking at someone's face cannot be used to determine their emotional state.
