Software to track our emotional outbursts


	Software to track our emotional outbursts

einbar

5-11-2009 4:25 PM

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einbar says:

a new kind of agent is starting to roam the web that can understand the emotional content of what we write – and they could soon arrive on your desktop to

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5-11-2009 4:37 PM

debbyski

Wow. What do you think Einbar?

5-11-2009 5:04 PM

billpar

Good luck with that. I think most people have a hard time figuring it out themselves... that's why we have these cheesy emoticons.

5-11-2009 5:47 PM

debbyski

cheesy emoticons

5-11-2009 8:04 PM

mona

yikes, not sure i like the sound of that.

5-11-2009 9:08 PM

chestnut501

Cheese.....
Popcorn,
Cheesy Popcorn!
Be right back.

5-12-2009 5:26 AM

rainsong111

big mistake.we should not turn machines into human replicas... my humble opinion that is...

5-12-2009 1:58 PM

taoguide

kinda creepy if used in the Orwellian sense. "Big brother knows how you feel".

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