Can Machines Be Emotionally Intelligent? - Exploring Artificial Social Intelligence

Explore the fascinating world of artificial emotional intelligence in this comprehensive lecture by Prof. Hatice Gunes. Delve into the components of artificial social intelligence, including perception, learning, action, and adaptation. Discover how humans attribute emotions to technology and examine real-world examples of emotionally aware tech. Learn about innovative projects like turning the London Eye into empathetic architecture and creating cognitive training systems. Investigate the challenges and possibilities of giving robots emotional intelligence, including the development of robo-waiters. Contemplate the future of emotionally intelligent robots and analyze the differences between human and artificial intelligence. Gain insights into the necessity of socio-emotional intelligence in artificial systems and its potential impact on various fields, including health and human-robot interaction.

Introduction – what is emotional intelligence?
How are our emotions expressed?
How humans attribute emotions to technology
Examples of emotionally aware tech
Turning the London Eye into empathetic architecture
Creating cognitive training
Giving robots emotional intelligence
Creating robo-waiters
The future of emotionally intelligent robots
The difference between human and robot intelligence