What if employers could gauge the ‘moods’ of workers? A dangerous new tech gains ground in India

Emotion recognition systems are finding growing use, from monitoring customer responses to ads to scanning for ‘distressed’ women in danger.

Vidushi Marda

· Aug 28, 2023 · 07:30 am

A Google engineer believes an AI has become sentient. Is there a way to know for sure?

Experts disagree with the Google engineer, but the debate raises old questions about the nature of consciousness.

Oscar Davis, The Conversation

· Jun 15, 2022 · 11:30 pm

From Alexa to Siri, modern AI is based on an old idea that all humans feel the same six emotions

Out-of-date science is steering the near-ubiquitous emotion-detecting technologies.

Dr Rich Firth-Godbehere

· Dec 17, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Lost in automation: Companies are using chatbots for customer service. Here’s why that’s bad news

Expect customer service to get worse as artificial intelligence steps in.

Daniel Polani, The Conversation

· Sep 01, 2017 · 11:30 pm

A first for robotics - emotional robot Pepper wins over homes in Japan and is now set to enter offices

Scroll Staff

· Jul 31, 2015 · 11:03 am