Beware the Jerk-O-Meter
Posted: 12 August 2005 01:26 PM
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP)—Ever wonder if that spouse, friend or co-worker on the other end of the phone is really paying attention? The “Jerk-O-Meter” may hold the answer.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing software for cell phones that would analyze speech patterns and voice tones to rate people—on a scale of 0 to 100 percent—on how engaged they are in a conversation.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/08/12/jerk.o.meter.ap/index.html
Posted: 12 August 2005 01:40 PM
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I don’t think not paying attention is the same as being a jerk.
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Posted: 12 August 2005 01:50 PM
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Voice stress analysis has been thoroughly debunked for decades. If this thing worked as advertised, it would qualify for the JREF million dollar prize.
But I’ll bet that they’re “too busy” to win a million bucks.
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Posted: 12 August 2005 01:51 PM
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Or the tests are rigged, they feel no need for $1 million, Randi sends out negative vibes…
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Posted: 12 August 2005 02:34 PM
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Since the tests are designed by the applicant, not JREF, the designers certainly try to rig them.
And if “bad vibes” interfere with your magic powers, you have no magic powers.
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Posted: 12 August 2005 02:36 PM
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(Hoping you knew my last post was pro-Randi)
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Posted: 12 August 2005 03:41 PM
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“There are a bunch of academic papers published about this.”
Duh guys, this PROVES that it works!
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Posted: 12 August 2005 03:43 PM
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Well, obviously, if a whole bunch of papers were published…
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Posted: 12 August 2005 03:43 PM
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Maybe this would be a good product for the tone-deaf… but I would guess that the average human brain can do the same thing with ten times more accuracy.
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Posted: 12 August 2005 04:03 PM
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“There are a bunch of academic papers published about this.”
Yeah, and they all says it’s complete crap.
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Posted: 12 August 2005 04:13 PM
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But, there are published papers…..remember…......published papers….written by people smarter then me….and they were published…..it has to work!!!!
Posted: 14 August 2005 09:40 AM
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I’m glad the minds at MIT are using their genious to further mankind.
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