Emotional AI Enters the Classroom: Are We Really Ready?

When a robot standing 1.83 meters tall and weighing only 42 kilograms slowly walked onto the stage of a Shenzhen auditorium, how much potential for empathy with humans was hidden within its slender frame? This news reminded me of my confusion while guiding students through an AI emotion recognition project: we taught machines to distinguish between smiles and frowns, but it's hard to make them understand the complexity behind tears.