In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 7 Jun 2024 08:35:18 -0400: Hi, My problem is with the whole line of research. This is just "a foot in the door" so to speak.
>Whoa. Quote: > >In this study, our focus is on examining and modeling three emotions: >happiness, boredom, and irritation. > >Okay, I see why they want to do this. They want the software to sense >the user's emotional state so it can adjust to it. As long as they don't >have the computer itself display artificial emotions, I guess that makes >sense. We would not want computers to act irritated. Printers already do >that. The goals are: > >First, affective computing researchers could integrate our work to existing >models on physiological signals, improving the accuracy of emotion >detection. Second, machines equipped with a model-based understanding of >their users emotions can simulate, *in silico*, alternative courses of >action, deciding on one that is best predicted to achieve the desired >emotional outcome. > >Manipulating the user, in short. That's creepy. > > > >On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 1:44?AM Robin <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au> >wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It seems some idiot is already doing it. >> >> https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3641908 >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin van Spaandonk >> >> Drive your electric car every second day and recharge it from solar panels >> on your roof on the alternate days. >> The other days, drive your spouses car, and do the same with it. >> >> Regards, Robin van Spaandonk Drive your electric car every second day and recharge it from solar panels on your roof on the alternate days. The other days, drive your spouses car, and do the same with it.
