How Virtual Humans Learn Emotion and Social Intelligence

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

Lol "Tell me more about that" is code for "Your answer was not in my pre-programmed database."

[@josephhicklin7313]

Yeah, I feel like they've tried to make a facial emotion recognition software that requires a chatbot to work, and they just threw together a standard chatbot without considering that the "chat" part needs to be perfect before moving on to facial emotion recognition.

[@splattru]

+Joseph Hicklin I agree. That's interesting to see how advance technologies we have today, (especially compared to what we had 10, 20, 50 years ago), but we still don't have anything close to just a simple chat bot. Pretty much all modern chat bots operate with huge database of phrases, and maybe some simple heuristics and linguistic algorithms, but none of them are really capable to hold a conversation.

[@danielhrch]

"Tell me more about that" may also mean just that. In this case, it might appear this way because of the long pause before her answer. Also, it can be a way of saying, you were not being specific enough. If you translate this quiz the AI was doing to a paper, you would not have a "right in the middle" answer, so he was actively trying to be vague, and by asking "tell me more about that", the AI is trying to get more information about its question.

[@alepioveable]

I knew it, Norm is learning more and more each day.

[@Duhya]

Interesting to see how Norm was designed. I've noticed his software get more believable as time progresses.

[@Robertlavigne1]

Wow they taught her, "Tell me more about that." She's ready to bill $300/hr. We just fully automated psychology!!

[@BrandonDKirkwood]

Ahahahaha

[@h3rteby]

Probably the reason one of the first ever chatbots was the "Virtual Therapist" :P

[@benjiosaur]

I think AI interactions have huge potential in almost every walk of life. However especially with PTSD veterans, I still think having the option to meet a real human is fundamental in their recovery.

[@Brian-D]

Interesting! This needs to account for individuals though, and have queued responses. Some people just have "RBF" and the computer needs to learn that about said person, either by recognizing that you're sad/mad/angry and asking you. The calibration is going to be an interesting process!

[@josephhicklin7313]

I completely agree. I think the real root of the problem is in the separation of code bases. I'm certain that many trades have attempted at something similar to this (facial emotion recognition, categorization and replication), like the movie, game and medical industries. All of them have done work, but it's always separated. It's only when we can begin organizing code on a massive scale that we'll see projects like this begin to take real flight.

[@JayFolipurba]

Interesting topic. Got some more material? Or background?

[@user32455]

Thanks for all the awesome videos Norm! It's clear you put a lot of hard work into this!

[@joshmwiebe]

I like how it kept thinking Will was angry

[@yugalfrasco]

Great interview Norm!

[@robertdawson5636]

More proof that we could be living in a simulated reality

[@rexstauss]

This is so cool!

[@MattDiresta]

really is amazing!!

[@gamecity7265]

Virtual reality is growing, oh my

[@calmroadrecords]

great content guys

[@jasonjasonjasonjasonjason]

its so weird Norm started this ASMR voice a while back and he's sticking with it!!! wtf dude

[@TheMoneypresident]

what is up with no Simone?

[@labdjcxn3xy]

are AI's and robots gonna start taking over jobs now? it might be a good thing or bad thing idk

[@josephhicklin7313]

They very well may, but the outcome of that being good or bad will always remain with the individual.

[@AbsurdAsparagus]

the end of the paradim of work is a good thing. when people dont have to wake up to work jobs they hate to survive and instead can go to jobs they love, its a good thing. the main problem is who owns the robots and the resources they will produce. it may create unprecedented income inequality.

[@labdjcxn3xy]

+kenrick encinas Thats true but on the same note its possible that someone that needs a job can't get one because the position has already been taken by a robot, and there would be more competition for the jobs people like. Something like this is bound to have both good qualities as well as bad.

[@ventusprime]

I like the fact that they want to make cheaper therapist for soldiers .Its like a area where ah you dont nead a real human

[@ZardozXerxes]

Can I get a copy of this software for my broken brain?

[@KyoshoLP]

Some one actually made a functional version of Project Milo. Eat your heart out, Peter Molyneux.

[@Bassndrumboy20]

Google knows what it is doing with it's cars in NY. There isn't any "social niceties " in NY traffic

[@dcu21]

Questions just got real for Norm lol

[@psicoliteralwalter2180]

Alguien que me explique porfavor.

[@soggysteel7755]

Baby skynet that is a baby skynet

[@steve1978ger]

By observing Norm, apparently.

[@rich1051414]

"Controlled by wizards" I see what they did there. Referencing wizard of oz.

[@josephhicklin7313]

Actually I think they're referencing a program that executes a complex action with minimal input, similar to an "installation wizard".

[@zexonhairi7215]

if you have bangs that cover your eyebrows it won't read your expression or emotion correctly. So it's flawed.

[@Trojank]

I am a big fan

[@alebone_]

Blow some air over here, it's kinda hot.

[@louieis1337]

+krazytoneride lmao

[@noodle831]

+krazytoneride lol

[@Schpoople]

It seems like most people that need therapy would need the value of human to human contact.

[@jlars231]

Behavioral norms aha, behavioral Norms :)

[@katz4248]

3:02 Anyone else think Norm looks like a cat?

[@cleo6485]

Literally thought it was AmazingPhil in the thumbnail lmao

[@danielclift1]

anyone think of the terminator or irobot ? so if we keep trying to make these things more real ect will they not wipe us out in the end ? i mean humans do so much damage to the planet and these things are meant to help so will they not evenutally think well to save the planet get rid of the threat to it ?

[@Zogtee]

Interesting.

[@RezzaNL]

Hmmm right in the middle. *Does not compute* xD

[@mercerjackm1046]

nice

[@martins2246]

Do people enjoy it?

[@tehjamerz]

Asians are very happy that we are producing virtual mates

[@jacobstotler1492]

There please.....

[@TheHappyRiderX]

terminator is upon us

[@tobynmanthorpe]

Behavioral Norm.

[@paulhudson6846]

I see what they did there ;)

[@Kinnamon100]

so it takes two people to make this one artificial person work? and when someone goes to a therapist isn't 50% of the reason is to know someone's listening? there has to be a better way to sell this.

[@josephhicklin7313]

Well, it's going to take thousands of people to make 1 artificial person work actually :P Though, looking decades into the future... if you are talking to a program for therapy, you still recognize that it's listening, the only difference is that it's the best therapist in the world, and it can also be your dietitian, physical trainer, medical doctor, ect. It could tie in fields and become a professional that transcends specialty lines.

[@aohige]

Artificial Intelligence is a software program, and by nature, that means it is not unique. Unlike humans, the finished software can be duplicated and/or cloud networked to a single entity and used through out. It may take multiple people (more like thousands as Joseph mentions) to develop, but once the autonomous software is fully developed, there's no numerical limit to how many operations it can do at once, as it can exist through out the world without any limitations. Unlike say a human negotiator, you do NOT need to train each and every individual person. You only need to train a single software for all.

[@Kinnamon100]

+Joseph Hicklin if the future is the way that you see it specialist such as designers programmers and even gentlemen like mr. Gratch will no longer be needed. In your future it should be able to design and program a better version of itself. No a human element will all ways be needed. Humans are the only animal capable of lying. If you replace like you said doctors. Drug abusers will take advantage of it. Just an example.

[@josephhicklin7313]

Kinnamon100 It's true that should we be able to replicate both mechanical and mental work in machines currently provided by humans, then those jobs would no longer require humans. However, the one thing that machines wouldn't be able to simulate, is you. Though we could see a machine that can move and think like a human, write like a human, paint like a human and even program like a human (or better), they can still only perform those tasks one at a time. No matter how many machines you line up to attempt at painting every picture possible in a 1ft x 1ft area, you'll still never hit that number, because it's infinite. So to me, those are the jobs of the far future. Tasks that have no point of absolute completion. Like building a table, though each iteration is similar, you can always build another slightly different.

[@SNG2me]

For the love of god DO NOT PUT PERSON WHO FEELS LIKE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD (PTSD VETS) IN WITH A FUCKING MACHINE. Yeah that makes a sense...

[@josephhicklin7313]

It's hyper-early tech. They're just spitting out possible uses to gain funding. In the long-run, programs like this could be extremely helpful not just to vets, but to everyone. Still, human communication is an extremely complex task to undertake, and it doesn't help that they go straight into trying to tackle psychology before they can even perfect the art of small talk.

[@IroncladSaucer]

hi

[@TacticalSandals]

norm - 98% negative resting face. seems about rite.

[@nicohell.4257]

ok

[@leisergeist]

I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.

[@zyrus1980]

herro

[@dannytokin4481]

they dont

[@insekt8623]

maybe put every word with its meaning and let it think?!

[@beaconofwierd1883]

Great idea! What's the meaning of the words? :P How do you make it 'think'? Not mocking you, I'm actually trying to make an interactive AI for games and I'm sorta stuck so wanna hear new ideas :P

[@tehjamerz]

But every meaning would then reference every word in a branchout and likely loop infinitely so, no... Nice try calvin

[@SkullCollectorD5]

What is meaning, though? Cheesy question, but valid. To explain a word to someone, you use other words. At the most basic you will link a word to an object or action, but how do you explain concepts to something that has no definition of the words that constitute it in the first place?

[@Z3r0XoL]

what is think

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

Clearly not a computer programmer :P

[@tylerbarker4763]

A dog will do the same thing even if they have TGB allergies

[@tylerbarker4763]

but better

[@simonscherer7772]

Made for veterans... Uhhh...

[@miamoben]

And so it has begun...

[@SpaceNavy90]

Wow this thing fucking sucks. "In the middle." ....... "Tell me more about that."

[@Mei-rf2dz]

finally my waifu will become real

[@Mossishere]

51st comment

[@kcknebel1258]

I'm early

[@yourmop2758]

4th comment

[@retroshack2960]

A load of vague jargon. Nothing more impressive than anything seen in the last 40 years of AI. I don't think anything will improve until a new type of computer is made, what happened to neural nets?

[@JoshuaHults]

interesting but huge waste of time. People just need to connect back with God and they set. People in the past went through far more stress and dealt with it far better. We live in such a safe space cry baby culture ( Face Palm. )

[@milothemarvel21302]

So true like I just got finished praying and that's the first thing I do and I've experienced a lot in life for a teen and all these people just wanna be blindfolded and see the world in a weird not reality way God is the one person that I can always count on if no one else does😇😇✌️😄👍

[@sameat07]

You might be on the wrong video

[@RedH4wk13]

you're kidding, right?

[@alebone_]

Lol all religion is bullshit

[@lewaproductions]

You are in the wrong place for that.

[@jukeboxclan]

This is horrible, I hate this. It actually kinda scares me 😳

[@josephhicklin7313]

All change can be scary, but only time and further knowledge in the subject can justify or nullify your fears.

[@jukeboxclan]

+Joseph Hicklin it's just cos I have always hated tech learning stuff about this #skynet

[@josephhicklin7313]

I can understand the aversion. But the best way to conquer fear is to understand the cause. Over at Khan Academy they have some free computer science courses that go over the basics of programming and even a bit about cryptography and machine learning. To complete every course they have on the subject would only take a few weeks and perhaps it would give you a new view on the limitations of the tools. Perhaps then you can either be free of fear, or enter the debate on the ethics of programming. Best of luck! :)