- AI reads short daily texts from people.
- AI predicts a person's personality and mood.
- AI also predicts feelings, stress and social behaviour.
- AI scores match how people rate themselves.
- Sometimes AI does better than friends' ratings.
- They used real life and lab recordings.
- Many people took part in the study.
- Older computer methods did not work well.
- The results appear in a scientific journal.
- Researchers say language gives clues about people.
Difficult words
- predict — say what will happen in the futurepredicts
- personality — the way a person thinks and feels
- mood — a person's emotional state at a time
- stress — strong feelings of pressure or worry
- behaviour — how a person acts in different situations
- researcher — a person who studies people or dataResearchers
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Discussion questions
- Do you write short texts every day?
- Do you think words show a person's mood?
- Would you let researchers read your daily texts?
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