affective computing

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Coined by Rosalind Picard in 1997.

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affective computing (uncountable)

  1. (artificial intelligence) The study and development of systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human affects.
    • 2011, Kelly A. Gates, Our Biometric Future, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 185:
      In fact, some HCI designers advocate the use of AFEA as a means of helping users better understand their emotions and individual psyches, suggesting that “affective computing” applications can be used for emotional and expressive self-assessment.

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