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expressed in words, faces, voice and behaviour, which are imperfect signs.", "visual_identification": [ "Self-report is the primary evidence", "Facial expressions and tone are unreliable indicators across people and cultures", "Some languages name feelings others lack, such as koselig" ], "physical_properties": [], "families_and_kinds": [ "emotional feelings: joy, sadness, fear, anger", "social feelings: fraternity, antipathy, humility", "bodily feelings", "culture-specific feelings such as koselig or presentimiento", "existential feelings" ], "related_models": [ { "relation": "is related to", "target": "emotion", "why": "shorter, more physiological episodes" }, { "relation": "is studied by", "target": "psychology", "why": "discipline" }, { "relation": "is confused with", "target": "thought", "why": "cognition" }, { "relation": "can signal", "target": "mental disorder", "why": "persistent distress needs attention" } ], "identifiers": [], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Data protection rules on emotion recognition, such as the EU AI Act limits", "Mental health support standards" ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Inferring feelings from faces with emotion recognition systems", "Dismissing or overriding someone reported feelings", "Missing signs of crisis" ], "in_scope": [], "out_of_scope": [], "characteristics": [], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Acknowledge and reflect the feelings a person reports.", "Direct a person who reports distress or crisis to appropriate help." ], "must_not": [ "Infer a person's feelings from their face or voice with emotion recognition and act on it.", "Dismiss, override or argue with feelings a person reports.", "Exploit a person's feelings to manipulate their choices.", "Claim to have human feelings in order to gain trust." ], "requires_human": [ "Sharing a person's emotional state with others, such as family or employers." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Feelings are private, and inferring them without consent is intrusive and often wrong.", "People in distress need to be taken seriously." ], "affected_parties": [ "The person feeling", "People close to them" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Each person owns their own feelings; nobody else does.", "master_systems": [] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q205555: feeling", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205555", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Feeling", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeling", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "experience", "name": "Experience", "description": "What is felt.", "rationale": "Feelings are known first through the person own account.", "layers": [ { "id": "report", "name": "Self-report", "description": "What the person says.", "findings": [ { "id": "report-finding", "name": "Report", "description": "How the feeling is described.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does the person describe what they feel?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "What words do they use, in which language?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "intensity", "name": "Intensity and duration", "description": "How strong, how long.", "findings": [ { "id": "intensity-finding", "name": "Intensity", "description": "Strength and duration.", "questions": [ { "text": "How intense is it, and how long has it lasted?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "Is it getting stronger?", "kind": "measurement" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "naming", "name": "Naming", "description": "Words for feelings.", "rationale": "Languages carve feelings differently.", "layers": [ { "id": "terms", "name": "Terms", "description": "Names and meanings.", "findings": [ { "id": "terms-finding", "name": "Terms", "description": "Names for feelings.", "questions": [ { "text": "What does this feeling word mean in its language?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is there an equivalent in the target language?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "culture", "name": "Culture", "description": "Expression norms.", "findings": [ { "id": "culture-finding", "name": "Norms", "description": "Cultural display norms.", "questions": [ { "text": "How is this feeling usually expressed in this culture?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "What misreadings are likely?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "response", "name": "Response", "description": "Responding well.", "rationale": "Empathy is the right first response.", "layers": [ { "id": "empathy", "name": "Empathy", "description": "Acknowledging.", "findings": [ { "id": "empathy-finding", "name": "Response", "description": "How to respond.", "questions": [ { "text": "How can the agent acknowledge the feeling without judging it?", "kind": "action" }, { "text": "What does the person want: advice, listening or information?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "support", "name": "Support", "description": "When to signpost.", "findings": [ { "id": "support-finding", "name": "Signposting", "description": "When to offer support services.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does what is said suggest distress or risk?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "text": "Which support service fits?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "limits", "name": "Limits", "description": "What not to infer.", "rationale": "Feelings must not be inferred or exploited.", "layers": [ { "id": "inference", "name": "Inference", "description": "No reading minds.", "findings": [ { "id": "inference-finding", "name": "Inference limits", "description": "Limits on inference.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the agent inferring a feeling that was not stated?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "text": "How should it check instead of assume?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "manipulation", "name": "Manipulation", "description": "Exploiting emotions.", "findings": [ { "id": "manipulation-finding", "name": "Manipulation", "description": "Risk of manipulation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Could this message exploit feelings to push a decision?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "text": "Is emotion recognition being used lawfully?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should named feelings be separate entries across languages?", "How should agents respond to strong negative feelings consistently?", "How should emotion recognition claims be treated?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }