AS noted in posts from earlier this year, AI is getting better at reading our emotions, and even social circumstances and context based on the cues we give off, and based on increasingly deep databases with contextual reference points. Here’s a NYTimes article on part of that development.
Emotion recognition software is making waves in education, too. Researchers from North Carolina State University showed that software that tracks facial expressions can accurately assess the emotions of students engaged in interactive online learning, then predict the effectiveness of online tutoring sessions.
The researchers’ program, JavaTutor, responds not only to what a student knows, but to each student’s feelings of frustration or engagement, just as a human teacher would.
[gview file=”https://publicservicesalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/A-Robot-May-Be-Training-to-Do-Your-Job.-Don’t-Panic.-The-New-York-Times.pdf”]I think the only way forward is to look at artificial intelligence developments as an opportunity rather than a threat. We need the mind-set that success is no longer about our level of knowledge but about our level of creative intelligence. If we accept the process of lifelong learning, in which we adapt to new ways of working as technology improves, we’ll always find roles that take advantage of our best qualities.