Artificial Emotional Intelligence

Artificial emotional intelligence (AEI) aims to imbue artificial systems with the ability to understand, process, and respond to human emotions. Current research focuses on developing models that can recognize emotions from multimodal data (text, audio, video) using techniques like deep learning (e.g., CNNs, LSTMs) and reinforcement learning, often incorporating natural language processing for empathetic responses. This field is significant for advancing human-computer interaction, particularly in applications like socially assistive robots and mental health support, and for raising crucial ethical considerations surrounding the responsible development and deployment of emotionally intelligent AI.