Well I did some Googling on whether facial expressions are universal,
and here's a good article about that:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/darwin-was-wrong-your-facial-expressions-do-not-reveal-your-emotions/
Turns out that those AI interpretations are not necessarily reliable.
But it is also true that the interpretations of sighted people may not
be reliable either.
Evan
On 11/13/2023 10:36 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
I do not want to know what some artificial intelligence thinks somebody’s
expression means. Cultural stuff hugely influences that sort of thing. And as a
totally blind person from birth, I can’t tell you how many times people have
asked me why are you angry? Because I’m not smiling. Apparently you’re supposed
to go around smiling all the time especially if you’re a woman. So I don’t
trust AI male centric and Eurocentric as it must obviously be, based on who is
making these glorious language models and facial expression models etc.I don’t
want it. I want human to human interaction, and never mind somebody else
assuming they know what I’m thinking because of how my face looks. I sure don’t
want to inflict that misunderstanding on somebody else.
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On Nov 13, 2023, at 6:49 PM, realman02 via VIPhone <[email protected]>
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Good points, Kelly. The reason it bothers me is that it's not human-to-human
interaction; it's a large language model that's making those judgements.
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I think the other thing that people need to keep in mind, it’s just because an
artificial intelligence says that’s your expression doesn’t mean you have to
believe it. You can ask follow-up questions. The beauty is we have deductive
reasoning and can make that determination with further input. Also, if you’re
totally blind, every input of an expression is going to be through hearsay
whether it’s artificial intelligence or another human being. You’re still going
by their interpretation of the expression, not your own judgment. Every single
thing that is described to us is through someone else’s eyes or interpretation
of what they visually perceive it to be. That means, every description is
suspect since no two people are going to take away the same thing. That’s why
it doesn’t really bother me if the artificial intelligence Gives an answer that
isn’t maybe how I’m feeling or etc. because I can use my reasoning to figure it
out.
Kellie and my lovable Lady J
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On Nov 13, 2023, at 7:26 PM, Carolyn Arnold <[email protected]> wrote:
I agree with that. The Be my A I is just telling us what we'd see, if we could
- hairy arm; stern expression. I would want it to tell me what it sees.
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What is wrong with the truth?
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This topic reminds me of these two articles.
Blind Olympic athletes show the universal nature of pride and shame
<https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/blind-olympic-athletes-show-the-universal-nature-of-pride-and-shame>
The role of visual experience in the production of emotional facial expressions by
blind people: <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5902524/>
Sometimes, BeMyEyes descriptions aren’t appreciated. The other day, I used
it to snap a photo of a bag of green coffee beans that I wanted to roast. I
held the bag of beans in my left hand and snapped the picture with my iPhone in
my right hand. BeMyEyes came back with a description of the type of bean,
region where they were grown, altitude and a whole bunch of other info I
wouldn’t gotten if I tried using SeeingAI. Cool cool…
At the end of the very detailed description, BeMyEyes also wrote that the
bag was being held by someone with a harry arm. WTH! What’s up with the
editorializing?
Cristóbal
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What did your friend say about your expression? I assume it described you as
"serious" because you weren't smiling.
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<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Malcolm
Parfitt
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Hello friends.
I appreciate that none of you know me personally and like me have no idea
what I look like.
However, at my request a friend of mine took a picture of me recently when
we were in what we call in the UK a pub. I was very interested in the results
I obtained when asking Be My AI to describe the photo. It’s description was:
The man in the picture has a fair complexion and a sturdy build. His hair is
short and appears to be a mix of gray and black, and he has a full head of
hair. His eyes are partially closed, and he has a somewhat stern or serious
expression on his face. His nose is prominent and he has full lips. He is
clean-shaven.
He is wearing a dark-colored polo shirt with a collar. The shirt has a small
embroidery on the right side of his chest that reads "Samuel Smith" in a
cursive font with gold thread. The shirt appears to be of a comfortable fit.
The lighting in the picture is focused on him, making him the central
element of the image. There is no additional information provided about the
man, such as his name or what he is doing in the pub.
What interested me most is that this is the closest we can get to a sighted
person looking in a mirror.
The other thing that struck me was the description of my expression. I had
never really thought about expressions but I suddenly thought are expressions
learned or natural. How far do our expressions mirror those of sighted people.
I didn’t feel serious at the time, and if Be My AI’s description of my
expression was accurate then why would I look serious?
Do our expressions really express our mood as sighted people’s do?
Not really an Apple question admittedly but an interesting subject.
Apologies in advance for the off-topic post but I would be most interested
in your opinions.
Malcolm Parfitt
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