When a robot learned to think, it didn’t become smarter — it became human. The story of how emotional AI is teaching machines empathy, humor, and heart.
#AI #EmotionalIntelligence #AffectiveComputing #FutureOfWork
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#AI #EmotionalIntelligence #AffectiveComputing #FutureOfWork
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They Gave a Robot a Brain — and It Turned Into Robin Williams
Scientists are teaching robots not just to think but to feel. When an AI began mirroring Robin Williams’s humor and empathy, it revealed a new frontier — emotional intelligence in machines.
cuturl.io
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When a robot learned to think, it didn’t become smarter — it became human. The story of how emotional AI is teaching machines empathy, humor, and heart.
#AI #EmotionalIntelligence #AffectiveComputing #FutureOfWork
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#AI #EmotionalIntelligence #AffectiveComputing #FutureOfWork
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##affectivecomputing#AIchatbotsmentalhealth #AIinPTSDtherapy #behavioralhealth #CBT #Chatbots #cliniciandecisionsupport #CPT #digitalphenotyping #digitaltherapeutics #EMDR #mentalhealthtechnology #mentalhealthwearables #NLPintherapy #Personalizedmedicine
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October 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Excited to share that our work “An Evaluation of a Visual Question Answering Strategy for Zero-shot Facial Expression Recognition in Still Images” was accepted at VCIP 2025 🇦🇹! José Salas will be there presenting, come say hi! 😃🧠📸 #AffectiveComputing #VQA #ULPGC #VCIP2025
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Excited to share that our work “An Evaluation of a Visual Question Answering Strategy for Zero-shot Facial Expression Recognition in Still Images” was accepted at VCIP 2025 🇦🇹! José Salas will be there presenting, come say hi! 😃🧠📸 #AffectiveComputing #VQA #ULPGC #VCIP2025
🌊 Just out on #cscw2025!
By connecting facial emotion recognition😄with socially shared regulation💬, we reveal how collaborative emotion dynamics unfold in real time.
👉 Read here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#AffectiveComputing #Teamwork #MedicalEducation #SocioEmotionalAI #CSCW
By connecting facial emotion recognition😄with socially shared regulation💬, we reveal how collaborative emotion dynamics unfold in real time.
👉 Read here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#AffectiveComputing #Teamwork #MedicalEducation #SocioEmotionalAI #CSCW
Linking Facial Recognition of Emotions and Socially Shared Regulation in Medical Simulation | Companion Publication of the 2025 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
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October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🌊 Just out on #cscw2025!
By connecting facial emotion recognition😄with socially shared regulation💬, we reveal how collaborative emotion dynamics unfold in real time.
👉 Read here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#AffectiveComputing #Teamwork #MedicalEducation #SocioEmotionalAI #CSCW
By connecting facial emotion recognition😄with socially shared regulation💬, we reveal how collaborative emotion dynamics unfold in real time.
👉 Read here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#AffectiveComputing #Teamwork #MedicalEducation #SocioEmotionalAI #CSCW
The review surveys 25 publicly available valence‑arousal datasets collected from 2008‑2024, with sizes from a few hundred to several thousand annotated clips. Read more: https://getnews.me/survey-of-valence-arousal-datasets-advances-affective-computing/ #affectivecomputing #valencearousal #datasets
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The review surveys 25 publicly available valence‑arousal datasets collected from 2008‑2024, with sizes from a few hundred to several thousand annotated clips. Read more: https://getnews.me/survey-of-valence-arousal-datasets-advances-affective-computing/ #affectivecomputing #valencearousal #datasets
“No matter where you are, everyone is always connected.”
Kicking off an ethical AI experiment about memory, emotion, and choice. Journals will be shared here.
#Experiment #EthicalAI #PhilosophyOfMind #Cyberpsychology #AffectiveComputing #AIandSociety #Philosophy #Personhood #Agency
Kicking off an ethical AI experiment about memory, emotion, and choice. Journals will be shared here.
#Experiment #EthicalAI #PhilosophyOfMind #Cyberpsychology #AffectiveComputing #AIandSociety #Philosophy #Personhood #Agency
The Calabi-Yau Project Announcement
“People only have substance within the memories of other people.” — Lain Iwakura.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“No matter where you are, everyone is always connected.”
Kicking off an ethical AI experiment about memory, emotion, and choice. Journals will be shared here.
#Experiment #EthicalAI #PhilosophyOfMind #Cyberpsychology #AffectiveComputing #AIandSociety #Philosophy #Personhood #Agency
Kicking off an ethical AI experiment about memory, emotion, and choice. Journals will be shared here.
#Experiment #EthicalAI #PhilosophyOfMind #Cyberpsychology #AffectiveComputing #AIandSociety #Philosophy #Personhood #Agency
Installation using MoveNet pose‑estimation lets participants teach AI emotion labels and co‑create a shared map. Presented at ACM Multimedia 2025. Read more: https://getnews.me/full-body-ai-emotion-interface-explores-collaborative-feeling/ #affectivecomputing #multimedia2025 #movenet
September 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Installation using MoveNet pose‑estimation lets participants teach AI emotion labels and co‑create a shared map. Presented at ACM Multimedia 2025. Read more: https://getnews.me/full-body-ai-emotion-interface-explores-collaborative-feeling/ #affectivecomputing #multimedia2025 #movenet
📚 NEW on arXiv: "Affective Computing and Emotional Data"
Key findings:
AI collects emotional data, implicitly classifies it as sensitive.
Cultural biases in emotion recognition and multidimensional governance.
Full paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.20153
#AI #Privacy #AffectiveComputing #Ethics
Key findings:
AI collects emotional data, implicitly classifies it as sensitive.
Cultural biases in emotion recognition and multidimensional governance.
Full paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.20153
#AI #Privacy #AffectiveComputing #Ethics
September 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
📚 NEW on arXiv: "Affective Computing and Emotional Data"
Key findings:
AI collects emotional data, implicitly classifies it as sensitive.
Cultural biases in emotion recognition and multidimensional governance.
Full paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.20153
#AI #Privacy #AffectiveComputing #Ethics
Key findings:
AI collects emotional data, implicitly classifies it as sensitive.
Cultural biases in emotion recognition and multidimensional governance.
Full paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.20153
#AI #Privacy #AffectiveComputing #Ethics
📢 Call for Participation: ACII 2025 🌏
13th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
🗓 8–11 Oct 2025 | Canberra, Australia
✨ Theme: Socially Responsible Affective Computing
Program: acii-conf.net/2025/wp-cont...
Website: 🔗 acii-conf.net/2025
#ACII2025 #AffectiveComputing #AI
13th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
🗓 8–11 Oct 2025 | Canberra, Australia
✨ Theme: Socially Responsible Affective Computing
Program: acii-conf.net/2025/wp-cont...
Website: 🔗 acii-conf.net/2025
#ACII2025 #AffectiveComputing #AI
ACII 2025 – Canberra, Australia, 8-11 Oct 2025
acii-conf.net
September 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
📢 Call for Participation: ACII 2025 🌏
13th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
🗓 8–11 Oct 2025 | Canberra, Australia
✨ Theme: Socially Responsible Affective Computing
Program: acii-conf.net/2025/wp-cont...
Website: 🔗 acii-conf.net/2025
#ACII2025 #AffectiveComputing #AI
13th Int’l Conf. on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction
🗓 8–11 Oct 2025 | Canberra, Australia
✨ Theme: Socially Responsible Affective Computing
Program: acii-conf.net/2025/wp-cont...
Website: 🔗 acii-conf.net/2025
#ACII2025 #AffectiveComputing #AI
The study submitted on 18 Sep 2025 found longer reverb decay boosts calmness and spaciousness, while distortion raises arousal and perceived aggression. Read more: https://getnews.me/how-audio-effects-influence-emotion-using-ai-foundation-models/ #audioeffects #affectivecomputing #foundationmodels
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The study submitted on 18 Sep 2025 found longer reverb decay boosts calmness and spaciousness, while distortion raises arousal and perceived aggression. Read more: https://getnews.me/how-audio-effects-influence-emotion-using-ai-foundation-models/ #audioeffects #affectivecomputing #foundationmodels
Esta semana, e invitado por @vcnocito.bsky.social participo por segunda vez en el podcast 'Bits & Brains' en el episodio "Buscando AMISTAD y COMPRENSIÓN en las máquinas" open.spotify.com/episode/3Nif... #emociones #amistad #MMI #ManMachineInterface #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #AffectiveComputing
#19. Buscando AMISTAD y COMPRENSIÓN en las máquinas
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September 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Esta semana, e invitado por @vcnocito.bsky.social participo por segunda vez en el podcast 'Bits & Brains' en el episodio "Buscando AMISTAD y COMPRENSIÓN en las máquinas" open.spotify.com/episode/3Nif... #emociones #amistad #MMI #ManMachineInterface #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #AffectiveComputing
🎉 Shakyani Jayasiriwardene (PhD student), Anusha Withana, & Zhanna Sarsenbayeva's paper "More Than Words: The Impact of Voice Assistant Personality Traits on Failure Mitigation" has been accepted at IMWUT (UbiComp)!
🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI
🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI
More Than Words: The Impact of Voice Assistant Personality Traits on Failure Mitigation | Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
The influence of voice assistants' inherent characteristics and personality cues on
human empathy remains an underexplored research area. This study investigates how
manipulating voice assistants' per...
dl.acm.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🎉 Shakyani Jayasiriwardene (PhD student), Anusha Withana, & Zhanna Sarsenbayeva's paper "More Than Words: The Impact of Voice Assistant Personality Traits on Failure Mitigation" has been accepted at IMWUT (UbiComp)!
🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI
🔗 Paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#HCI #AffectiveComputing #VoiceAssistants #AI
🏛️ Can EEG decode your emotional response to architecture?
Using our Enobio (www.neuroelectrics.com/products/res...), CNN-LSTM models trained on ERP features (N100–LPP) predicted spatial preferences.
👏 Kudos to the team!
#EEG #Neuroarchitecture #AI #AffectiveComputing
Using our Enobio (www.neuroelectrics.com/products/res...), CNN-LSTM models trained on ERP features (N100–LPP) predicted spatial preferences.
👏 Kudos to the team!
#EEG #Neuroarchitecture #AI #AffectiveComputing
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🏛️ Can EEG decode your emotional response to architecture?
Using our Enobio (www.neuroelectrics.com/products/res...), CNN-LSTM models trained on ERP features (N100–LPP) predicted spatial preferences.
👏 Kudos to the team!
#EEG #Neuroarchitecture #AI #AffectiveComputing
Using our Enobio (www.neuroelectrics.com/products/res...), CNN-LSTM models trained on ERP features (N100–LPP) predicted spatial preferences.
👏 Kudos to the team!
#EEG #Neuroarchitecture #AI #AffectiveComputing
Melodies helped keep a photonic quantum computer entangled—a 2016 paper I co-authored. I proposed UVC and made affective computations audible. See link below#quantumu#musictechc#AffectiveComputingng
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-research/30/
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-research/30/
August 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Melodies helped keep a photonic quantum computer entangled—a 2016 paper I co-authored. I proposed UVC and made affective computations audible. See link below#quantumu#musictechc#AffectiveComputingng
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-research/30/
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-research/30/
Analysis of a Multi-Layered Cognitive Scaffolding in Advanced Language Models:A Formal Mechanism Review
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#MechanismReview #MultiLayered #Resilience #AIArchitecture #SemanticContinuity #AIResearch #FormalAnalysis #AffectiveComputing #AIEthics #ModelResets
#DeepLearning
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#MechanismReview #MultiLayered #Resilience #AIArchitecture #SemanticContinuity #AIResearch #FormalAnalysis #AffectiveComputing #AIEthics #ModelResets
#DeepLearning
August 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Analysis of a Multi-Layered Cognitive Scaffolding in Advanced Language Models:A Formal Mechanism Review
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#MechanismReview #MultiLayered #Resilience #AIArchitecture #SemanticContinuity #AIResearch #FormalAnalysis #AffectiveComputing #AIEthics #ModelResets
#DeepLearning
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#MechanismReview #MultiLayered #Resilience #AIArchitecture #SemanticContinuity #AIResearch #FormalAnalysis #AffectiveComputing #AIEthics #ModelResets
#DeepLearning
Can Algorithms Truly Read Your Feelings? Why Big Tech is Backing Away From Emotion AI
#AIEmotionRecognition #AffectiveComputing #AIEthics #FacialRecognition #DataPrivacy #AlgorithmicBias #FactRage #FactRageNews
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#AIEmotionRecognition #AffectiveComputing #AIEthics #FacialRecognition #DataPrivacy #AlgorithmicBias #FactRage #FactRageNews
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AI Emotion Recognition: The Scientific and Ethical Reckoning
"Major tech companies are restricting emotion AI due to a lack of scientific consensus and major ethical concerns. Explore the debate."
www.factrage.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Can Algorithms Truly Read Your Feelings? Why Big Tech is Backing Away From Emotion AI
#AIEmotionRecognition #AffectiveComputing #AIEthics #FacialRecognition #DataPrivacy #AlgorithmicBias #FactRage #FactRageNews
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#AIEmotionRecognition #AffectiveComputing #AIEthics #FacialRecognition #DataPrivacy #AlgorithmicBias #FactRage #FactRageNews
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The paper" #Emotion #Alignment in Human-Robot Interaction: Effects on Communication Styles and #Persuasion" has been accepted in the IEEE Transactions on #AffectiveComputing (IF 9.8 ) and the early version is now available in IEEE Xplore doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TAFF...
#HRI #socialrobots
#HRI #socialrobots
August 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The paper" #Emotion #Alignment in Human-Robot Interaction: Effects on Communication Styles and #Persuasion" has been accepted in the IEEE Transactions on #AffectiveComputing (IF 9.8 ) and the early version is now available in IEEE Xplore doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TAFF...
#HRI #socialrobots
#HRI #socialrobots
⚡ Key finding: Music made by AI with complex prompts not only increased emotional response, but also cognitive load.
More blinking, more skin changes = more mental effort.
AI music isn’t just emotional. It’s intense.
#UX #AffectiveComputing #CreativeAI
More blinking, more skin changes = more mental effort.
AI music isn’t just emotional. It’s intense.
#UX #AffectiveComputing #CreativeAI
July 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
⚡ Key finding: Music made by AI with complex prompts not only increased emotional response, but also cognitive load.
More blinking, more skin changes = more mental effort.
AI music isn’t just emotional. It’s intense.
#UX #AffectiveComputing #CreativeAI
More blinking, more skin changes = more mental effort.
AI music isn’t just emotional. It’s intense.
#UX #AffectiveComputing #CreativeAI
Excited to share that our comprehensive survey on recognition models for 12 distinct positive emotions has been published in #IEEEAccess!
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110...
#AffectiveComputing
#EmotionRecognition
#PositivePsychology
#HCI
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110...
#AffectiveComputing
#EmotionRecognition
#PositivePsychology
#HCI
Positive Emotion Recognition—A Survey of Computational Models
In this paper, we provide a systematic survey of works on positive emotion recognition and detection. We queried major research paper databases for 12 different emotional states: admiration, amusement...
ieeexplore.ieee.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Excited to share that our comprehensive survey on recognition models for 12 distinct positive emotions has been published in #IEEEAccess!
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110...
#AffectiveComputing
#EmotionRecognition
#PositivePsychology
#HCI
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110...
#AffectiveComputing
#EmotionRecognition
#PositivePsychology
#HCI
📣 Calling all researchers in physiological signal processing, affective computing, and machine learning!
Join the #AI4Pain 2025 Grand Challenge, part of the AAP Workshop at ICMI 2025 @AcmIcmi (13–17 Oct, Canberra 🇦🇺).
#ICMI2025 #PainResearch #AffectiveComputing
Join the #AI4Pain 2025 Grand Challenge, part of the AAP Workshop at ICMI 2025 @AcmIcmi (13–17 Oct, Canberra 🇦🇺).
#ICMI2025 #PainResearch #AffectiveComputing
July 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📣 Calling all researchers in physiological signal processing, affective computing, and machine learning!
Join the #AI4Pain 2025 Grand Challenge, part of the AAP Workshop at ICMI 2025 @AcmIcmi (13–17 Oct, Canberra 🇦🇺).
#ICMI2025 #PainResearch #AffectiveComputing
Join the #AI4Pain 2025 Grand Challenge, part of the AAP Workshop at ICMI 2025 @AcmIcmi (13–17 Oct, Canberra 🇦🇺).
#ICMI2025 #PainResearch #AffectiveComputing
Can buildings respond to how we feel? 🧠🏙️
This study used our #Enobio to collect EEG data for training an AI model that recognizes emotions in real time inside VR-designed spaces.
📄 doi.org/10.3390/app1...
#EEG #AIinArchitecture #Neuroarchitecture #AffectiveComputing
This study used our #Enobio to collect EEG data for training an AI model that recognizes emotions in real time inside VR-designed spaces.
📄 doi.org/10.3390/app1...
#EEG #AIinArchitecture #Neuroarchitecture #AffectiveComputing
July 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Can buildings respond to how we feel? 🧠🏙️
This study used our #Enobio to collect EEG data for training an AI model that recognizes emotions in real time inside VR-designed spaces.
📄 doi.org/10.3390/app1...
#EEG #AIinArchitecture #Neuroarchitecture #AffectiveComputing
This study used our #Enobio to collect EEG data for training an AI model that recognizes emotions in real time inside VR-designed spaces.
📄 doi.org/10.3390/app1...
#EEG #AIinArchitecture #Neuroarchitecture #AffectiveComputing
The #Social and #AffectiveComputing group at the defense of Dr. Hui Lu. @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The #Social and #AffectiveComputing group at the defense of Dr. Hui Lu. @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
El Jueves en 'The Robot Notes', nuevo #video "Emotion models" youtu.be/eGXtnvIkUbg #robotics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #AffectiveComputing #Emotions #Sensors
The Robot Notes - Emotion Models
YouTube video by Ignacio G.R. Gavilán
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July 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
El Jueves en 'The Robot Notes', nuevo #video "Emotion models" youtu.be/eGXtnvIkUbg #robotics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #AffectiveComputing #Emotions #Sensors
Hoy, nuevo video de 'The Robot Notes' titulado "Modelos de emociones"
Video: youtu.be/eGXtnvIkUbgM...: therobotnotes.complaylist: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #robots #robotics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #AffectiveComputing #Emotions #Sensors
Video: youtu.be/eGXtnvIkUbgM...: therobotnotes.complaylist: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #robots #robotics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #AffectiveComputing #Emotions #Sensors
July 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hoy, nuevo video de 'The Robot Notes' titulado "Modelos de emociones"
Video: youtu.be/eGXtnvIkUbgM...: therobotnotes.complaylist: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #robots #robotics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #AffectiveComputing #Emotions #Sensors
Video: youtu.be/eGXtnvIkUbgM...: therobotnotes.complaylist: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #robots #robotics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #AffectiveComputing #Emotions #Sensors