The opinion mining and human-agent interaction communities are currently addressing
sentiment analysis from different perspectives that comprise, on the one hand, disparate …

Affective computing is a nascent field situated at the intersection of artificial intelligence with
social and behavioral science. It studies how human emotions are perceived and …

We have examined the attitude and moral perception of 228 college students (63 Japanese
and 165 non-Japanese) towards artificial intelligence (AI) in an international university in …

Many authors have proposed constraining the behaviour of intelligent systems with 'machine
ethics' to ensure positive social outcomes from the development of such systems. This paper …

Among ethicists and engineers within robotics there is an ongoing discussion as to whether
ethical robots are possible or even desirable. We answer both of these questions in the …

Creativity is commonly defined as a process that leads to a novel and useful outcome (an
idea, product, or expression). However, two dilemmas about this definition remain …

Affective Computing is a rapidly growing field spurred by advancements in artificial
intelligence, but often, held back by the inability to translate psychological theories of …

The valence–space metaphor posits that emotion concepts map onto vertical space such
that positive concepts are in upper locations and negative in lower locations. Whilst previous …

Psychologists and cognitive scientists have long drawn insights and evidence from stage
magic about human perceptual and attentional errors. We present a complementary …

Slowly computers are being dressed and becoming huggable and tangible. They are being
personalized and are expected to understand more of their users' feelings, emotions, and …