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AI can now read emotions – should it?

  • Written by Christoffer Heckman, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Emotion recognition technology, an outgrowth of facial recognition technology, continues to advance quickly.Steve Jurvetson/flickr, CC BY-SA

In its annual report, the AI Now Institute, an interdisciplinary research center studying the societal implications of artificial intelligence, called for a ban on technology designed to recognize...

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