
The regulation of emotion recognition in the EU AI Act shows a dangerous reversal of the precautionary principle. Despite the premise in recital 44 – “there are serious concerns about the scientific basis of AI systems aiming to identify or infer emotions […]” - emotion recognition is prohibited only in very delimited cases. This policy choice is one of many indicators of the gradual weakening, even in the European Union, of the pillars of a democratic society.
Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Emotion Recognition, Personal Data Protection, Mass surveillance, Recital 44, Precautionary principle, EU AI Act, Antiscience
Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Emotion Recognition, Personal Data Protection, Mass surveillance, Recital 44, Precautionary principle, EU AI Act, Antiscience
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