Emotion Recognition

AI technology that attempts to identify human emotional states from facial expressions, voice patterns, body language, or physiological signals. Emotion recognition systems have been widely criticized for poor accuracy, cultural bias, and particular harm to people with disabilities. Systems frequently misinterpret atypical facial expressions, stimming behaviors, or speech patterns associated with various disabilities as indicators of dishonesty, threat, or incompetence. This has led to disabled students being falsely accused of cheating during proctored exams, job applicants being screened out by facial analysis hiring tools, and disabled people being flagged as security risks.