Designing emotionally sentient agents
Communications of the ACMPublished 20 November 2018
Daniel McDuff, Mary Czerwinski
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Emotionally sentient systems will enable computers to perform complex tasks more effectively, making better decisions and offering more productive services.
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Emotionally sentient systems will enable computers to perform complex tasks more effectively, making better decisions and offering more productive services.
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