But now computers are learning to read our feelings from our faces. The affective computing outfit Affectiva, an offshoot of MIT’s media lab, makes one such program. The second is the emotional privacy that allows us to keep our thoughts and feelings to ourselves if we choose. “Having some emotional privacy is necessary to actually make up your own mind, to act autonomously,” he explained. “Affective computing adds a massively deeper layer.

Source: National Post June 06, 2019 14:20 UTC