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Feeling unheard: Marginalized voices ring out against emotion AI

04/30/2025

A new study by UMSI assistant professor Nazanin Andalibi and UMSI research fellow Alexis Shore Ingber reveals that technology claiming to read human emotions elicits widespread discomfort, especially among marginalized communities, raising serious concerns about privacy and ethics.

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Nazanin Andalibi

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information

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Kentaro Toyama

W K Kellogg Professor of Community Information and Professor of Information, School of Information

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