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Mary Czerwinski: Stress detection - utilising technology tools for mental wellbeing
With a quarter of people expected to experience a mental health issue within the next 12 months and one in seven experiencing a common mental health problem, like anxiety and depression at work, it’s clear there is a major issue around wellbeing. But what can be done to overcome this global challenge? Well, in recent years, technology has evolved at a rapid rate and AI is now at the forefront of innovation.
Microsoft New Future of Work Report 2023
In the past three years, there have been not one but two generational shifts in how work gets done, both of which were only possible because of decades of research and development. The first shift occurred when COVID made us realize how powerful remote and hybrid work technologies had become, as well as how much science was available to guide us in how to (and how not to) use these technologies.
Building an AI That Feels
Illustration: Eddie Guy In the past year, have you found yourself under stress? Have you ever wished for help coping? Imagine if, throughout the pandemic, you’d had a virtual therapist powered by an artificial intelligence (AI) system, an entity that empathized with you and gradually got to know your moods and behaviors. Therapy is just one area where we think an AI system that can recognize and interpret emotions could offer great benefits to people.
Building an AI That Feels
In the past year, have you found yourself under stress? Have you ever wished for help coping? Imagine if, throughout the pandemic, you'd had a virtual therapist powered by an artificial intelligence (AI) system, an entity that empathized with you and gradually got to know your moods and behaviors. Therapy is just one area where we think an AI system that can recognize and interpret emotions could offer great benefits to people.
Designing Emotionally Sentient Agents
By Daniel McDuff, Mary Czerwinski Communications of the ACM, December 2018, Vol. 61 No. 12, Pages 74-83 10.1145/3186591 Comments Credit: MDI Digital Today, people increasingly rely on computer agents in their lives, from searching for information, to chatting with a bot, to performing everyday tasks. These agent-based systems are our first forays into a world in which machines will assist, teach, counsel, care for, and entertain us.
Designing Emotionally Sentient Agents
By Daniel McDuff, Mary Czerwinski Communications of the ACM, December 2018, Vol. 61 No. 12, Pages 74-83 10.1145/3186591 Comments Credit: MDI Digital Today, people increasingly rely on computer agents in their lives, from searching for information, to chatting with a bot, to performing everyday tasks. These agent-based systems are our first forays into a world in which machines will assist, teach, counsel, care for, and entertain us.
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