Collaborate Disseminate
GPT-4 is already better at changing people’s minds than the average human is, according to new research. The gap widens the more it knows about us – and once it can see us in real time, AI seems likely to become an unprecedented persuasion machine.Cont… Continue reading GPT-4 is 82% more persuasive than humans, and AIs can now read emotions
Engaging in activities that are designed to blow off steam when you’re angry – like jogging or hitting a punching bag – probably isn’t going to be effective at reducing your anger, researchers have found. It’s better, they say, to try activities that d… Continue reading There are solutions for anger, but ‘blowing off steam’ doesn’t work
If humanoid robots are ever going to fully integrate in society, they’re going to need to get good at reading our emotional states and responding appropriately. A new wearable from researchers in Korea could help them do just that.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Wearable face sensors add to the evolution of tech that “gets” us
Delivering electric shocks to 1mm-long roundworms may sound rather meanspirited, but scientists at Nagoya City University have used this particular stimuli to uncover some curious behaviors of Caenorhabditis elegans that could further our understanding… Continue reading ‘Emotional’ worms offer clues to how genetics may drive our own feelings
Researchers have mapped where and how strongly we experience different kinds of love, covering everything from romantic love to love for strangers. The findings shed light on how context affects subjective feelings and adds to existing research on the … Continue reading Where in our bodies do we feel love (and other emotions)?
While hackers can deftly navigate their way through circuit diagrams or technical documentation, for many of us, simple social interactions can be challenge. [Simone Giertz] decided to help us all …read more Continue reading Share Your Feelings Like a Spy
Associating positive or negative emotions to specific memories is core to our survival, allowing us to avoid dangers or seek out beneficial things. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute have identified a specific molecule that seems to drive the assig… Continue reading Molecule linking memories with emotion paves way for anxiety treatments
An international team of researchers has reported the development of an algorithm that can translate the emotional state of pigs from the sound of their grunts. The researchers indicate the system could be used to monitor the well-being of pigs on a fa… Continue reading Scientists create pig translator that decodes emotions from grunts
When conducting studies on how people react to different displays of emotion, actual human faces may not express those emotions exactly the same way each time, while photos or videos just aren’t as impactful. That’s why scientists have developed an exp… Continue reading Emotion-expressing “android child” could find use in psych studies
Last year we looked at an interesting research project from scientists at Cornell University seeking to use wearable cameras to track facial expressions, and the technology has now taken on a more practical form. The team has developed a necklace-like … Continue reading Smart necklace monitors facial expressions to gauge your emotions