This piece of creative writing explores the possible impact of emotional artificial intelligence (EAI), a variety of technologies which have the common aim of inferring human emotion from outward expressions such as facial expressions, vocal patterns, text, and physiological data. It is difficult to determine exactly how EAI might affect people when thinking in the abstract. We therefore took a collaborative approach, combining the imagination and writing skills of a Sci-Fi writer, with the knowledge base of an academic studying EAI, in order to create a story which makes the potential consequences of EAI real in a tangible way. Some readers may have prior knowledge of EAI, and for you we hope this piece can offer new insights or different perspectives to consider. However, we suspect many readers will not have heard of EAI and be considering it here for the first time. For you, we hope to provide a story which you can truly immerse yourself in, which can act as a prompt for you to begin to consider your views on this technology. EAI may be at a relatively early stage of development, but we do not anticipate it being long before it is a widespread technology. Our prompt as writers was to create an imagined surveillance future. Our invitation to you as readers is to not only imagine it, but ponder it, live in it, question it, and, ultimately, shape it. 

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你今天感觉如何？

这篇创意文章探讨了情绪人工智能 (EAI) 可能产生的影响，这是多种技术，其共同目标是从面部表情、声音模式、文本和生理数据等外在表达中推断人类情绪。在抽象思考时，很难准确确定 EAI 会如何影响人们。因此，我们采取了一种协作的方法，将科幻作家的想象力和写作技巧与学术研究 EAI 的知识基础相结合，以创造一个故事，以切实的方式使 EAI 的潜在后果成为现实。有些读者可能对 EAI 有先验知识，我们希望这篇文章能为您提供新的见解或不同的视角来考虑。然而，我们怀疑很多读者都没有听说过 EAI，而是第一次在这里考虑。对于您，我们希望提供一个您可以真正沉浸在其中的故事，这可以促使您开始考虑您对这项技术的看法。EAI 可能处于相对早期的发展阶段，但我们预计它很快就会成为一种广泛使用的技术。作为作家，我们的提示是创造一个想象中的监视未来。作为读者，我们邀请您不仅要想象它，还要思考它，生活在其中，质疑它，并最终塑造它。但我们预计它很快就会成为一种广泛使用的技术。作为作家，我们的提示是创造一个想象中的监视未来。作为读者，我们邀请您不仅要想象它，还要思考它，生活在其中，质疑它，并最终塑造它。但我们预计它很快就会成为一种广泛使用的技术。作为作家，我们的提示是创造一个想象中的监视未来。作为读者，我们邀请您不仅要想象它，还要思考它，生活在其中，质疑它，并最终塑造它。