> And the fact is that humans can't reliably identify emotions from photographs, so there's zero chance for AI. The second doesn't necessarily follow from the

> And the fact is that humans can't reliably identify emotions from photographs, so there's zero chance for AI. The second doesn't necessarily follow from the first—there are plenty of things humans are bad at that computers are good at. You are probably right that current products aren't very capable, and may even be snake oil. But also I'd be quite surprised if this isn't possible in the near future.