Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society?
by olleromam91 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:34PM
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"Understanding" emotion is definitely a biological trait that computers are unlikely (maybe 2200) to ever be capable of replicating.
But lexical content is a very well understood field, and emotion recognition is a huge industry for advertising. Even if facebook doesn't know that "I like it when stan fingers my butthole" was just a joke between buddies... there is tone inferred from the words and grammar involved. Positive vs. Negative is relatively straightforward, and when associated with a topic... can lead to lots of "opinion" data.
But lexical content is a very well understood field, and emotion recognition is a huge industry for advertising. Even if facebook doesn't know that "I like it when stan fingers my butthole" was just a joke between buddies... there is tone inferred from the words and grammar involved. Positive vs. Negative is relatively straightforward, and when associated with a topic... can lead to lots of "opinion" data.