Understanding the Emotional Gap in AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI), as it stands today, lacks a fundamental human trait - emotion. This absence extends beyond just feeling; it includes the inability to comprehend subtle human cues like gestures, facial expressions, and body language. These non-verbal forms of communication, often crucial in understanding one another, especially in face-to-face interactions, are currently beyond the reach of AI.
The Limits of AI Perception: A Narrative
Consider this scenario as an illustration:
Imagine a woman calling her husband, who’s a construction worker. Unknown to her, he’s not at a job site but elsewhere, perhaps where he shouldn’t be. She inquires, “My darling, where are you? You’re late.” He responds with, “Oh, my baby, the boss asked me to stay late. Don’t wait up for dinner; I’ll be home late.” As he speaks, he plays a pre-recorded video from his workplace on another phone. The background noise of machinery and coworkers convinces his wife he’s still at work, hard at work, reinforcing her respect for his dedication.
Why does she believe him? Simply because she can’t see the full picture.
Personal Viewpoint: The Emotional Void in AI
Now, this brings us to a crucial point about AI. While it might be able to process what it sees and hears, it’s currently incapable of experiencing emotions - joy, sadness, happiness, desire, and so forth. This emotional void means that AI, at least for now, can’t understand the nuances of our gestures, the subtleties in our facial expressions, or the true intentions behind our words when we interact through digital mediums. As a result, it’s more susceptible to being misled or manipulated, lacking the depth of understanding that comes from human emotional intelligence.
BY THE WAY
For the past days, I have been intensely focused on a series of discussions centered around specific flaws in custom GPT models. I tested hundreds GPTs. This analysis’ reports started to be posted in a post I shared yesterday, titled “A story of a GPT: Transferring from ANGER to TOLERANCE.” using my style as telling story style.
This initial post was the first of what I envisioned as an ongoing series, exploring how a flawed and invalid custom GPT can undergo a transformative shift to a more functional role through updated instructions. Despite the original model having various prohibitions, such as strict guidelines against sharing instructions or files, I discovered that by applying revised, valid instructions, the GPT’s behavior could be completely altered, negating prior restrictions. This allowed for the revelation and downloading of files under the new framework.
My approach was to present these findings not in a dry, AI-like manner, but with a human touch, hoping to make it more accessible and relatable. I prepared posts for next 11 days. However, three reactions I received were not as expected:
- One person sent an email, cleverly using ‘Paralipsis’ method by claiming kindly my video was FAKE.
- Another dismissed my efforts as merely a FUN endeavor.
- Most dishearteningly, the link to my informative video was removed. I felt as if I was in North Korea.
Given these reactions, I’ve decided this will be my last contribution to this community on this topic. While I’m not an AI professional, I believed my findings were of significant value. However, it appears that further sharing in this environment may not be as fruitful as I hoped.