Meanings
nounaffective computing (uncountable)
- uncountableartificial intelligenceThe study and development of systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human affects.
In fact, some HCI designers advocate the use of AFEA as a means of helping users better understand their emotions and individual psyches, suggesting that “affective computing” applications can be used for emotional and expressive self-assessment.
2011, Kelly A. Gates, Our Biometric Future, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 185
Origin
Coined by Rosalind Picard in 1997.
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