Emotion Recognition Technology: Re-Shaping Human Relationships

Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society, pp. 909

Abstract

Over the recent years, emotions have taken more and more place in relatively different spheres of society, including politics, sciences, and philosophy. Contradictory to what was preached in the 20th century, we now accept emotions as important part of ourselves that contributes to our reasoning and decision-making process. Furthermore, we recognized them as necessary components in the construction of relationships. This shift in the paradigm towards emotions has increased their value in the public eye. In a paradoxical way, we now tend to communicate more than ever this subjective experience and thus, as we communicate it, we insist on its personal and private status. Our emotions are ours and ours alone. But is it true? By being both recognized as a part of the inner life that is never completely reachable and as a necessary component of relationships, emotions appear to be at the edge of every concept of privacy.

Authors 1

1. Alexandra Pregent corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands