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I know we all hate each other but is this like a good direction for the future? Directing all our emotions to silicon chips? Maybe there is other things we should be building.

Emotion recognition is an old field but (apart from autism research) the only application i can think of is emotion manipulation. How does one wake up in the morning and decide to work on consumer emotion recognition

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> How does one wake up in the morning and decide to work on consumer emotion recognition

I think two significant factors would be 1) they have the skills to make progress in the field and it's highly rewarded, and 2) they believe there could be real value in making progress. One or both of those could be enough to motivate a lot of people.

Perhaps rubber hose resistance: "I'm sorry Seydor, it appears you're being coerced to unlock this data."

Which is especially fun if Seydor weren't coerced and does not truly help solve the rubber hose factor... Once rubber hose is in play this only means more suffering

Beatings will continue until your emotions improve.

Siri, i want to sin

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