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Emotional AI
Affective computing, emotional bonds with machines, and what happens when AI begins to read and respond to human feelings.
3 research papers
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Sherry Turkle's landmark work documenting how digital companions and social robots reshape human expectations of intimacy and connection. Through extensive interviews and observati...
Affective Computing
The foundational text that launched the field of affective computing, arguing that emotions are not opposed to rational thought but essential to it โ and that for AI to be truly in...
The Uncanny Valley of Mind: An Empirical Investigation of the Uncanny Valley of Mind Hypothesis
Tests whether there is a psychological "uncanny valley" for AI minds โ a point where machines that seem almost-but-not-quite human in their mental abilities provoke discomfort. The...