SCOOP ?https://t.co/1UTkRTeoby is developing a voice-activated wearable device that can recognize human emotions.

The wrist-worn gadget is described as a health and wellness product in internal documents reviewed by Bloomberghttps://t.co/3XvKE5AvLe @mattmday @business pic.twitter.com/iPvrbnUbyO

— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) May 23, 2019

Amazon is working on a health-related wearable, via internal documents shared with Bloomberg. Makes a whole lot of sense for a few reasons:
- Amazon doesn't have data about folks on the go
- Gives Alexa a better ability to know things about our health https://t.co/ZNml06ho9P

— Christina Farr (@chrissyfarr) May 23, 2019

“The technology could help the company gain insights for potential health products or be used to better target advertising or product recommendations.”

Take a second and look at the diagram. WTF. ? https://t.co/7KiyvKsx3B

— One Ring (doorbell) to surveil them all... (@hypervisible) May 23, 2019

"Designed to work with a smartphone app, the device has microphones paired with software that can discern the wearer’s emotional state from the sound of his or her voice" @mattmday for @technology https://t.co/KCZk2NHWVZ

— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) May 23, 2019

Pass. https://t.co/EKg1UGk1ca

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) May 23, 2019

Amazon Is Working on a Device That Can Read Human Emotions https://t.co/V6EYMSu9zb pic.twitter.com/Ao11aEQ0eb

— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) May 23, 2019

Oh, that’s interesting. And who is going to have access to this data again? Right. https://t.co/BpzkglHfS1

— Hidden Forces (@HiddenForcesPod) May 23, 2019

Here's Amazon's diagram of its wrist-worn invention that reads emotions and suggests products.

You cough and it asks if you'd like to cough drops within an hour.

Can't imagine anyone wanting their body this tightly integrated with a commerce platform https://t.co/NN37RX1T9l pic.twitter.com/6gSnzIlxyY

— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) May 23, 2019

Amazon Is Working on a Wearable Device That Reads Human Emotions

We shouldn’t underestimate the significance of this news.

cc ⁦@aral⁩ ⁦@tariqkrim⁩ https://t.co/SCrNXjAjVF

— Nicolas Granatino (@ngranati) May 23, 2019

Amazon is developing a voice-activated wearable device that can recognize human emotions https://t.co/A1HgMGHorD pic.twitter.com/T1IhW9RQoz

— Bloomberg Technology (@technology) May 23, 2019

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

(But not that "#AI" will *understand* emotions - it never will.)

What such algorithms will likely enable, however, is ever more effective powers of #manipulation for those who create & control them. Manipulation of YOU.#WTFU! https://t.co/vFOV6RF6WB

— Phil Booth (@EinsteinsAttic) May 23, 2019

.@Amazon Is Getting Closer to Building an #Alexa Wearable That Knows When You're Depressed #CyberSpaceWar #FoodWorldOrder https://t.co/o1woWzKiLq

— Frankie (@XEyezWideOpenX) May 23, 2019

Is being stoned an emotion? ? https://t.co/lAPwYPRMEp

— (╹◡╹)凸 (@LIVEPUFFY311) May 23, 2019

Amazon is reportedly working on wearables that can read your emotions https://t.co/7OpZFrZH0o via @cnbctech <--- Not into it, man. Don't need a corporation of any kind "reading" my emotions.

— Lora Kolodny (@lorakolodny) May 23, 2019

I am like two more of these stories away from cutting off all ties to civilization and moving into a cabin in Northern Ontario https://t.co/pK1vP66cTD

— Oliver Sachgau (@sachgau) May 23, 2019

Eventually the technology could be able to advise the wearer how to interact more effectively with others
to advise the wearer how to interact more effectively with others
more effectively with others https://t.co/qJu98hxHU1

— Mark Bergen (@mhbergen) May 23, 2019

Can it detect extreme irritation with the current technological oligopoly ? https://t.co/hjjnXbI5R0

— emily bell (@emilybell) May 23, 2019

Add this to its: commerce+logistics network, home assistant+surveillance systems, brick & mortar PoS, emerging algo-powered health services, ad tech & human-tracking warehouse devices, and I'd argue that Amazon is doing more to usher in a techno-dystopia than any other SV company https://t.co/SwM7IoHUfQ

— Mathana Stender (@StenderWorld) May 23, 2019

Amazon has invented your mum. https://t.co/LVUHViLoOH

— Charles Arthur (@charlesarthur) May 23, 2019

Has anyone told Amazon that there aren’t distinct physiological signatures for discrete states? Or is physiological emotion monitoring the new (and highly dubious) neuromarketing snake oil? https://t.co/85DafT0qqi

— David DeSteno (@daviddesteno) May 23, 2019

despite what this hed/illo combo might imply, this is not just patent conjecture!

Amazon is beta-testing a watch which knows what your feeling based on your voice and eventually could "advise the wearer how to interact more effectively with others” https://t.co/DWh15Q6i90

— paris martineau (@parismartineau) May 23, 2019

Well that's not creepy at all ... https://t.co/DPMQPIDiEk

— FutureShift (@futureshift) May 23, 2019

Well, time to exit health #insurance and #Insurtech, enter Amazon - working on voice-enabled wearable device - you know what's coming (recall, Apple x Aetna == Attain in the space)@nigelwalsh @FGraillot @Matt_Tsou @robgalb @stratorob @NilDundh https://t.co/7gMWFiQPnH

— Rahul Mathur (@Rahul_J_Mathur) May 24, 2019

See screenshot: "Would you like me to order cough drops for you?" The more it understands us, the more it can order -> Amazon is working on a wearable voice-activated health and wellness device that works with a mobile app and can recognize human emotions https://t.co/h0fgocDXHj pic.twitter.com/KCMIiLaqI6

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) May 23, 2019

Amazon is developing a wearable device that reads human emotions https://t.co/02bZWq36ow via @technology #digitalhealth #amazon #HealthTech

— JOHN NOSTA (@JohnNosta) May 24, 2019

#Amazon Is Working on a Device That Can Read Human Emotions
https://t.co/qSv4DxOOwA

— Aghiath chbib (@AghiathChbib) May 23, 2019

“Amazon is developing a voice-activated wearable device that can recognize human emotions” https://t.co/oya8VsAy0r

— Frederik Borgesius (@fborgesius) May 23, 2019

Amazon Is Working on a Wearable Device That Reads Human Emotions. https://t.co/azw4XbTrzU

— Joan Barceló (@joan_barcelo) May 23, 2019

Truly emotionally intelligent machines are still a ways away, but big companies clearly realize it's a holy grail worth chasing -- what data is more robust than (properly parsed) emotions? https://t.co/4mDj0U67Ed

— Jesse Damiani (@JesseDamiani) May 23, 2019