1. Mechanical Sympathy

2. START BY READING:
Can AI Art really be Art?

3. Now play the game
• You’ll see a series of AI-generated portraits. Everyone comes from a prompt
with the format “A woman feeling {emotion}”, where {emotion} comes from
the “emotion wheels” on the following slides.
• Look at the portrait, and guess ”coarse-grained” emotion. It’ll be one of
“Afraid”, “Sad”, “Embarrassed”, “Angry”, ”Alone”, “Dislike”, “Accepted”,
“Confident”, “Interested”, “Loving”, or “Excited.”
• Now guess the ”fine-grained” emotion. Use whatever emotion word from
the entire wheel you think best describes the feeling.
• Flip to the next slide. If you got the coarse-grained emotion, give yourself 1
point. If you got the fine-grained emotion, give yourself 3 points.
• Add up your score, and dwell on whether you understand human emotion
better than an AI.

7. Distant

9. Romantic

11. Confident

13. Infuriated

15. Playful

17. Infatuated

19. Stimulated

21. Proud

23. Interested

25. Jealous

27. Offended

29. Bored

31. Valued

33. Helpless

35. Astonished

37. Remorseful

39. Loving

41. Resentful

43. Optimistic

45. Thrilled

47. Generous

49. Friendly

51. Joyful

53. Overwhelmed

55. Important

57. Afraid

59. Trusting

61. Thankful

63. Friendless

65. Apprehensive

67. Loathing

69. Courageous

71. Self-Assured

73. Mocked

75. Mortified

77. Confused

79. Indignant

81. Rejected