To Regulate or to Be Regulated? – How to Protect the ‘Freedom of Mind’ Against Emotional AI Surveillance

This research discusses how emotional artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance could violate freedom of thought and freedom of expression by eroding personal autonomy through coercive manipulation and behavioral engineering, and analyzes to what extent the EU AI Act and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) address such risk.

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Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society
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2025-10-15
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https://doi.org/10.1609/aies.v8i3.36798
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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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To Regulate or to Be Regulated? – How to Protect the ‘Freedom of Mind’ Against Emotional AI Surveillance

Öznur Uğuz
Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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To Regulate or to Be Regulated? – How to Protect the ‘Freedom of Mind’ Against Emotional AI Surveillance

Öznur Uğuz
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This research discusses how emotional artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance could violate freedom of thought and freedom of expression by eroding personal autonomy through coercive manipulation and behavioral engineering, and analyzes to what extent the EU AI Act and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) address such risk.

Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and SocietyVol. 8(3)
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (IT)
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