Intelligent Computers See Your Human Traits

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Researchers are developing human-centered computer systems that can recognize human traits such as emotional state and age. Image Credit: Guillaume Duchenne. (Appeared in Charles Darwinacutes The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in 1872. ...
Researchers are developing human-centered computer systems that can recognize human traits such as emotional state and age. Image Credit: Guillaume Duchenne. (Appeared in Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in 1872.)

Today’s computers can do a lot as far as computation goes, but they tend to do it in an impersonal, stand-offish way, so to speak. However, computer engineers are busy changing that, as they try to give computers a bit of a personal touch to make human-computer interaction more natural and friendly.


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