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3300 BCE
Early humans
It all began with our ancestors who initiated the very first trend. Through emotive communication, they were able to pass along tool making skills from generation to generation. -
300 BCE
Philosophers
With the age of philosophers and thinking came new questions that arose about emotions. Many of them understood that emotions are a big part of being human. -
Artificial Intelligence is "born"
John McCarthy, an American computer and cognitive scientist, coins the term “artificial intelligence” during a conference at Dartmouth College. -
Picard's Discovery
Rosalind Picard was one of the founding mothers of affective computing. Through her research, she came to the conclusion that emotions have to be involved when learning. This meant that computers would some how need to have emotions if they wanted to understand and help humans in the best way possible. Picard describes affective computing as "computing that relates to, arises from, and deliberately influences emotion". Picard's findings laid the groundwork for affective computing as we know it. -
Picard Source
Description was too long but the source was from nature.com -
Near Future
Digital signage catered to the individual. Digital signs at entertainment centers may start to use facial recognition technology to cater to individuals. This could be tailored to gender and age as well. Emotions and reactions to signs could lead to more individualized content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAf3wJvSBCU -
Far Future
If affective computing takes hold, things could be good and bad. One crazy innovation that could happen is the ability for a computer to analyze potential threats based on a persons behavior. While this could be a crazy technology that could be used to stop terrorist attacks and other harm, what if it fell into the wrong hands?