When I describe the fact that our product – TeleMetriX, reads information about a person’s emotional state, I inevitably encounter someone who is “creeped out” by the notion that a computer can understand their emotions. People have a visceral reaction to the types of machine learning we are capable of and the inevitable images of George Orwell’s Big Brother begin to invade the conversation. I often counter with a simple statement, that generates an equally visceral reaction

A quick look at the reasons why you should and shouldn't be afraid of the emerging field of Emotional AI.

Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) change the world in the same way electricity changed the world? Consider the world before and after the electric current. People who were once limited by available daylight now worked longer hours with the availability of artificial light. Manual labor was replaced with machinery which then triggered assembly lines and mass production. The convenience of refrigerators and electric clothes washers led to more free time at home. Radios prov