Fundamental Issues in Affective Intelligent Social Machines

Abstract

Abstract:In the early 1990s, computer scientists became motivated by the idea of rendering human-computer interactions more humanlike and natural for their users in order to both address complaints that technologies impose a mechanical (sometimes even anti-social) aesthetic to their everyday environment, and also investigate innovative ways to manage system-environment complexity. With the recent development of the field of Social Robotics and particularly HumanRobot Interaction, the integration of intentional emotional mechanisms in a system's control architecture becomes inevitable. Unfortunately, this presents significant issues that must be addressed for a successful emotional artificial system to be developed. This paper provides an additional dimension to documented arguments for and against the introduction of emotions into artificial systems by highlighting some fundamental paradoxes, mistakes, and proposes guidelines for how to develop successful affective intelligent social machines.

Abstract Expressions of Affect

“…This has important consequences for the attitude the user forms about the realistically designed robot. First, the attitude of a user towards a robot is in part informed by a sort of trust relationship informed by the expectations about the robot (Duffy, 2008). So, when such expectations are not met, the illusion is broken, which is detrimental to the attitude of the user towards the robot.…”

“…As such, expectations are constructed through interaction and observation of the robot's behavior (Duffy, 2008). The detrimental effects described in the uncanny valley theory decrease when the level of abstraction is increased.…”

Designing Humanoid Robots with Novel Roles and Social Abilities

“…This form of the function was plotted in 3D by Duffy with dimensions -acceptance, efficiency and emotion. Acceptance and efficiency are of positive sign, but emotion follows Mori's function separating two 3D 'hills' -of the so called "economic ideal" and the "ultimate ideal", the latter representing the "perfect artificial human" in Duffy's words [20].…”

Iterative K-Line Meshing Non-Linear Least Squares Interpolation of Affectively Decorated Media Repositories

“…( [9,10,16,17]). As such, contrary to the traditionally held belief (or expressed desire) that intellectual and emotional processes operate in separate and incompatible cognitive realms, it is becoming increasingly accepted that mixing purely intellectual with emotional processing may have benefits which could not be realized by intellectual processing alone.…”

“…From AI and Cognitive Science we borrow from the memory theory of Minsky [6,7] and specifically a structure called K-lines [8]. In recent years, work which combines emotion involving issues and these disciplines has evolved into a new discipline, under the name Affective Computing [9,10].…”