Until very recently we’ve had to interact with computers on their own terms. To use them, humans had to learn inputs designed to be understood by the computer: whether it was typing commands or ...

Can machines, even with the help of vision and computer control, efficiently and effectively help us if they don't understand the context within which they perform a service? That's one of the ...

One of the great mysteries of humankind is the perception of emotion. We understand the parts of the brain where emotions come from and the chemical reactions that produce them, but feelings remain a ...

You might like it when your Tivo predicts what you want to watch, but you probably don’t think that makes it intelligent. But what if your Tivo could cheer for a game, or cry with you when you’re ...

The irony of this age of machines is that for them to be truly effective – especially in marketing, advertising and brand-building – the technology needs to be tempered with human emotion. As we know ...

Analyst firm Gartner recently predicted that by 2022 smart machines will understand our emotions better than our close friends and relatives, which of course is an outrageous claim, as the ...

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 ...

Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to bringing the biggest names in tech to showcase inspiring talks from those driving the future of technology this year? Tim Leberecht, who ...

Words are important to express ourselves. What we don’t say, however, may be even more instrumental in conveying emotions. Humans can often tell how people around them feel through non-verbal cues ...

So, here's a list of things you need to learn before moving on: Emotion recognition (ERC): a task responsible for identifying and classifying the emotion in a piece of text, whether it's angry, sad, ...