Sympathetic apps can offer virtual shoulder to cry on

• Autores: Timothy Revell
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3091, 2016, pág. 24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Now computers are learning to offer comfort, assisted by an algorithm that aims to deliver the right words at the right time. There's a lot of need for emotional support at the moment, says Judith Masthoff at the University of Aberdeen in the UK. Masthoff and her colleagues ran experiments to figure out how a computer should offer support.