Heart of the Machine Quotes

“By the very nature of accelerating progress, the world’s first naturally evolved high technology–wielding species could very possibly be its last. Beyond that, self-directed evolution trumps the processes of naturally occurring evolution, potentially leaving machine intelligence as the sole survivor.”
― Richard Yonck, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence

“large-scale meta-analysis of research results from 206 documents and 24,483 judges’ records revealed that all of us, even police and judges, fare little better than chance when assessing whether or not someone is lying. On average people made correct truth-lie judgments only 54 percent of the time.7 Interestingly, while most people operate with a truth bias, law enforcement officials skew in the other direction, operating with a slight lie bias. Nevertheless, neither approach is appreciably more accurate than the other. In another study of 509 people, including law enforcement personnel such as members of the US Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, and Drug Enforcement Agency, only the Secret Service performed significantly better than chance at detecting if a subject was lying.”
― Richard Yonck, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence

“A device that “intuitively” alters its actions based on how we feel could offer tremendous potential benefits and uses. A vehicle that notifies its driver when alertness falls below a certain threshold. Educational software that recognizes when a student is becoming frustrated and alters the lesson accordingly in real time. A counseling program that detects the events that tend to trigger an individual’s anger or self-destructive behavior.”
― Richard Yonck, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence

“In many ways it’s difficult to imagine communicating without any emotion whatsoever. What would communication stripped of its nonverbal components even look like? Perhaps messaging technology can give us a clue. After all, who hasn’t experienced a misunderstanding with someone when exchanging text messages? While there can be a number of reasons for this, many misinterpretations are in fact due to”
― Richard Yonck, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence

“In his book Silent Messages, UCLA psychology professor Albert Mehrabian writes about his studies that indicated that 7 percent of communication is based on words, 38 percent on tone of voice, and 55 percent on nonverbal behavior such as facial expression. At”
― Richard Yonck, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence

“Emotions will be critical in making machine intelligence more compatible with our own. This will be essential in order to facilitate healthier interactions as we move forward into our hopefully shared future.”
― Richard Yonck, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence

“When our Paleolithic ancestors began making tools from stone over three million years ago, they had no understanding they were entering into one of the most successful symbiotic relationships this planet has ever seen. From those humble, preverbal beginnings, humans and technology have lifted one another, improved each other’s lot, made possible the most amazing partnership imaginable.”
― Richard Yonck, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence