What was the primary motivation behind Dr. Picard's work in founding affective computing?

Answer

To close the gap between human emotional understanding and machines' lack of emotional comprehension.

Picard recognized that traditional HCI models focused only on task completion and logic, positing that genuine machine intelligence required incorporating emotional reasoning to make interaction more natural.

What was the primary motivation behind Dr. Picard's work in founding affective computing?
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