Part 1 of this book provides the intellectual framework for affective computing. It includes   background on human emotions, requirements for emotionally intelligent computers,   applications of affective computing, and moral and social questions raised by the   technology. Part 2 discusses the design and construction of affective computers. Topics in   Part 2 include signal-based representations of emotions, human affect recognition as a   pattern recognition and learning problem, recent and ongoing efforts to build models of   emotion for synthesizing emotions in computers, and the new application area of affective   wearable computers.Amazon.com Review  As a scientist who works in computer development, Rosalind  Picard is accustomed to working with what is rational and logical. But  in her research on how to enable computers to better perceive the  world, she discovered something surprising: In the human brain, a  critical part of our ability to see and perceive is not logical, but  emotional. Therefore, for computers to have some of the advanced  abilities we desire, it may be necessary that they comprehend and, in  some cases, feel emotions.  Affective Computing  isn't about  making PCs that get grumpy when you enter repeated errors or that may  react out of fear like  2001 's Hal or  The Terminator 's  SkyNet; it's about incorporating emotional competencies that allow  computers to better perform their jobs. On the simplest level, this  may mean installing sensors and programming that simply allow a  computerized system to determine the emotional state of its user and  respond accordingly. The book also mentions options such as the  ability to include emotional content in computer-moderated  communications that work far better than today's emoticons. The  first part of Picard's book introduces the theoretical foundations and  principles of affective computing in a thoroughly nontechnical  manner. She explores why feelings may soon become part of computing  technology and discusses the advantages and the concerns of such a  development. Picard raises a number of ethical issues, including the  potential for misleading users into thinking they're communicating  with another human and the need to incorporate responsible behavior  into affective computer programming, along the lines of Isaac Asimov's  famous three laws of robotics. In part 2, the book becomes more  technical, although it is still within the comprehension of most  laypeople. This section discusses how computers might be designed,  constructed, and programmed to allow them to recognize, express, and  even have emotions. This book is a solid scientific  introduction to a subject that seems like a doorway into science  fiction.

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