Your Boss Wants to Spy on Your Inner Feelings
Tech companies now use AI to analyze your feelings in job interviews and public spaces. But the software is prone to racial, cultural and gender bias
Scientific American,
2021
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Cameras and sensors that feed vocal tones, facial expressions and body language images into elaborate “emotion AI” systems proliferate in today’s society. They are used by marketers, employers, schools and medical institutions. Although the technology has existed for decades, its recent insidious explosion raises concerns because of gender, racial, cultural and other dangerous biases baked into AI training data.
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John McQuaid is a journalist and author. He reported this story while a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. He is currently a PhD student at the University of Maryland Merrill College of Journalism.
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