Reflective optimist, Prof, Bangor Uni, IEEE, W3C, governance, emotional AI, author of Automating Empathy (OUP 2023, open access).
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Andrew McStay retweeted
The Ethics of Emulated Empathy: Considering the Significance of Anthropic and Hume’s Collaboration! Dive into this interesting #blog by our AEGIS project! #AI. @digi_ad
📖rai.ac.uk/the-ethics-of-emul…
👉About the project- rai.ac.uk/research/impact-ac…
A total pleasure to be a guest on the @BBCRadio4's 'Artificial Human', discussing whether AI can read emotions. The angle on the topic was excellent, as Chris, a listener, had called in asking whether AI can help him understand emotion expressions. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023ds…
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✨ #FENS – Chen Institute – NeuroLéman #SummerSchool: day 4!
🤝 The day kicked off with lectures by speakers @digi_ad and @GazzolaValeria, followed by a roundtable discussion, and wrapped up with a fun bowling dinner! 🎳
#FENSSchool!
@_mameli_ @unil @NeuroLeman @ChenInstitute
There's right and easy criticism/concern here (privacy, mining, security, etc.) but, IMV, we shouldn't miss neurophenomenology (overlap of biology/experience). See here: academic.oup.com/book/55102/…
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Ive been longing for someone to extend our work on ghostbots to synthetic avatars of the alive, like Abbatars, and here it is! Thanks @digi_ad ! link.springer.com/article/10…
New paper :) Here I argue that presence is a crucial factor in human-synthetic interaction, esp. in relation to ghostbots. It explains 'presence' and shows why it matters, esp. for those in governance. It gets weird, but there are v.simple recommendations. doi.org/10.1007/s10676-024-0…
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#AI_Act
to be noted:
"emotional AI for monitoring could arguably discipline an employee if the AI says they sound grumpy on calls, just so long as there’s no inference that they are, in fact, grumpy." @digi_ad
@APonceETUI
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At the EAI Lab we find little evidence for effectiveness of emotional AI tech in a policing or security context, risk of bio-deterministic framings of criminality, deep skepticism from law enforcement (interviews), and high risk in trying to gauge emotion and/or human intent (1).
Grimace, you’re on TV bit.ly/3xq5eyY Network Rail uses AI to assess the happiness of passengers (or customers as it would call them) as they pass through ticket barriers
Andrew McStay retweeted
Most recent paper with @EmotionalAI colleagues 'On Manipulation by Emotional AI: UK Adults’ Views and Governance Implications' published here #biometrics #emotionprofiling #emotoys #manipulation frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Andrew McStay retweeted
This #ReviewoftheWeek centers on emotional #AI, evaluating the ethics of “contemporary technologies designed to emulate, interpret, and express empathy" in @digi_ad's "Automating Empathy" from @OUPAcademic: ow.ly/5EHG50RKogG #Empathy #AIEthics
Great to see @EmotionalAI and Project AEGIS represented by @exLaffer. I'm assuming Alex (in the middle) is just checking his talk notes ;)
Representatives from @responsibleaiuk #Impact Accelerator projects @digi_ad @Marenka @johndmk share their RRI &EDI experiences and lessons learnt so far in a panel session led by @Elvira_PV @VPortilloRRI
Andrew McStay retweeted
UNESCO’s Ethics of AI team is recruiting! We're looking for 6 experts to contribute to cutting-edge projects on the ethical governance of AI across the following workstreams (please note the deadlines for applications are 16-17 April):
Andrew McStay retweeted
📢Exciting news! A new white paper titled “AI FRINGE PERSPECTIVES’ is now published, written by a consortium drawn from the attendees of @AISummitFringe with @responsibleaiuk ensuring a diversity of views garnered from the academic community.
Download now rai.ac.uk/publications
And given the London Underground tests with emotion/intention recognition, my 2023 views for free here in book form! academic.oup.com/book/55102
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As it stands, we are yet to see any emotion AI technology develop in a way that satisfies data protection requirements, and have more general questions about proportionality, fairness and transparency in this area. (October 2022) ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/med…
Many problems, but detecting "aggressive" behaviour is v.notable. Esp' a problem for folk with dark skin (black people with neutral expressions more likely to be labeled angry). ICO got ahead of this issue (we inputted) so time to put that policy to work. wired.com/story/london-under…
Much ado but Neuralink yesterday and today, but brain-computer interfaces are at not all new (nor are implants). See below, if interested, for my chapter-length take on neurotech, Neuralink and questions about 'automated empathy'. academic.oup.com/book/55102/…