AI Taught To Predict Human Reactions Based On Our Writing

Sometimes there is a choice as to how we react to certain situations, but sometimes our reactions are knee-jerk reactions or maybe they’re unconscious reactions born out of habit. If you were worried about robots taking over the world one day, then you might be a little worried to learn that Stanford researchers have started teaching AI systems how to predict human reactions.

The idea of being able to predict reactions isn’t new, but how the researchers are going about it is. They are using the writings of humans (sourced from online writing community Wattpad) to teach AI systems how humans reaction to situations and various stimuli.

According to the researchers, “Over many millions of words, these mundane patterns [of people’s reactions] are far more common than their dramatic counterparts. Characters in modern fiction turn on the lights after entering rooms; they react to compliments by blushing; they do not answer their phones when they are in meetings.”

Some of those reactions are currently applied to certain pieces of technology. For example there are phone launchers which can detect when you are at your office and put your phone to silent. There are also automated home systems that can turn lights on or off depending on the time of day, and etc. However by being able to predict reactions, we can only imagine that such systems will become increasingly intuitive with a lot less input on our part.

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