Google says its new AI models can identify emotions - and that has experts worried | TechCrunch

Google's PaliGemma 2 family of models goes beyond simple object identification, enabling detailed analysis of images, emotions, and overarching narratives present in scenes.

Experts express concern over emotion recognition technology, questioning its validity and raising ethical issues surrounding the assumption of 'reading' people's feelings accurately.

The majority of emotion detectors rely on the flawed premise established by Paul Ekman, whose theory on universal emotions has faced extensive criticism regarding cultural differences.

According to Mike Cook, emotion detection in AI is generally unreliable due to the complex and nuanced ways that individuals experience and express their emotions.

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