fifty shades of dorian gray: affective computing and the self
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It’sa
ItDothSuck!
bawling
screaming weak
angelic
soft
delicate
whining
whimpering
StereotypicalBabyproperties(163inall)
sniveling adorable
drooling
innocent
warm
sobbing peaceful
wailing heartwarming
cute
lovable
cranky indulged
mewling
sniveling
lovable adorable
cute
drooling
bawling mewling screaming
cranky
innocent
indulged
warm
sobbing weak
angelic
soft
delicate
peaceful
whining
wailing whimpering
heartwarming
+Babye.g.“She’smybaby”
-Babye.g.“He’ssuchababy”
Anygivenproperty(e.gcunning)willbehighlyconnectedtorelatedproperties
Obviouslypositivewordsin
Obviouslynegativewordsin
For 99.6% of positive exemplars
(1309 of 1314),
pos(x) > neg(x)
pos(X)=
|N+(X)|
|N+(X)∪ N-(X)|
|N-(X)|
|N+(X)∪ N-(X)|
neg(X)=
For 98.1% of negative exemplars
(1359 of 1385),
neg(x) > pos(x)
Whatifeverynuancedemotionisacocktailofmorebasicemotions?
Is“Love”amixofTrustandJoy?Is“Contempt”acocktailofAngerandDisgust?
F**K!
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@ElonMuskissoanalytical,Isuspecthemaybeanandroid
likeme.
Lotsofpositivewordsand“we”talk.You’vegotenergy,kid,ifyourankedhighinUpbeat.
Iflawschoolexamswereaperson,theywouldrankrealhighinAnalytic.Amplelargewordsand
phrasesthatincludecomplexthinkingstylessuchasif,but,
and,then,not
OhHell!
I’mturningintoDonaldTrump!
@Trump’sRNCspeech,June’16
@Clinton’sDNCspeech,June’16
77 81
Very Low Very High
Six Months of
Low High Average
Low Very High Average
Low Low
Low Low
Very High
Avg. High
Six Months of
Iconnecttwodifferentcoordinatespaces
Youcanusemetomapfrom11dimensionsinto300!
TheysayI’mrather
Analytic&veryUpbeattoo,sowhatdoesthatmakeme?
Well,Leo,I’dsayyou’re
Creative.ButhowArrogantareyou?Very?
Ifso,youmightalsobejudgmental,ironicoreven
evil.
FancyanAnalyzeWordscocktail?
Howaboutapolemical?
Justmixequalpartsofangryandanalytical
Or,inapinch,mixangryandworried
CanaTesladothis,Mr.Musk?
IfonlyIwasasgroundedasmy
symbolicrepresentations
Some colours make me feel
While others make me see
Some make me
with envy!
Ihavefeelingstoo
That’sbetter!
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Yourironic
“insight”isserved