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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