Andrew McStay’s study of empathic media shows how global media technologies interpret and respond to human emotions, moods, and intentions.
“The historical emphasis of AI has been on intellect rather than feeling. This reflects a historic injustice in Western thought to the role of emotions in human life that is replicated in AI. Rather than treating emotion as that which helps machines interact and adapt to context, place, people and situations, AI has typically been conceived in terms of ratiocination, disembodied cognition and utility.”
McStay, Emotional AI, 2018
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Dorothy Butchard
Dr Dorothy Butchard is Assistant Professor in Contemporary Literature and Digital Cultures at the University of Birmingham. Dorothy’s research explores how fiction, poetry, creative media and digital works respond to technological change and its effects on wellbeing and community. She is academic theme lead for Imagining Wellbeing in the Centre for Urban Wellbeing, co-director of University…
