AI Is Learning to Read the Room

# AI Is Learning to Read the Room—But Not Always Well AI systems are being deployed in workplaces, schools, and customer service to detect emotions from your facial expressions, voice, and body language, supposedly to improve performance and well-being. However, these systems often miss the real story—like failing to catch that you're burned out when you smile and say "I'm fine"—because they're trained to recognize only basic emotions like "happy" or "sad." The risk is that employers and companies might make important decisions about your job based on incomplete or inaccurate emotional readings from machines that don't understand human complexity.