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AI Development > SEMAINE Project
The SEMAINE project (Sustained Emotionally coloured Machine-human Interaction using Non-verbal Expression) is a European research effort that started in early 2008. In a nutshell, it is a stage on the evolutionary ladder towards an artificial intelligence capable of understanding non-vocal communication from a human, and be able to engage in conversation without the need for vocal signals from the human's side. The goal of the project is something called a Sensitive Artificial Listener, or SAL. SAL, it is hoped, will be a kind of therapeutic listener as well as a human interface model. The hope is SAL will perceive a human user's facial expression, gaze, and voice and then engage with the user. When engaging with a human, the SAL will be able to adapt its own performance and pursue different actions, depending on the non-verbal behaviour of the user. Results: Project still underway. No results yet published. Preceeding Projects:The HUMAINE Project
(Human-Machine Interaction Network on Emotion) Lead Institution:Deutsches Forschungszentrum
für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) Other Institutions:Imperial College, London Funding:The European Commission has awarded SEMAINE a grant of €2.75 million Further ReadingI'm listening -- conversations with computers Staff Comments
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