Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood

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Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood
theconversation.com

Emotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial expressions and data from wearable devices as well as text and how people use their computers, to detect and predict how someone is feeling. It can be used in the workplace, for hiring, etc. Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions and body language for the algorithms.

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"Make Neurodiverse People Homeless Again"

This is another sign of what's already going on. It's getting into backlash territory.

"Our smart securicams don't trust you" is the new "You're not a good culture fit."

Bring in Universal Basic Income. Introduce emotion tracking as job KPI. Fire me because I don’t emote per LLM datasets. Live comfortably unemployed.

Best dystopian outcome. A guy can dream, right?