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“Eye contact” is not a monolith though. Typically we look at someone’s eyes when we are speaking but their mouth when they are speaking. And eye contact can be
by hammock 2y ago
“Eye contact” is not a monolith though. Typically we look at someone’s eyes when we are speaking but their mouth when they are speaking. And eye contact can be a pattern of crossing between their left and right eyes. And making and breaking eye contact are important parts of nonverbal communication. The typical AI “eye contact correction” will do none of this.
- redwall_hp 2y agoIt's also extremely culturally dependent. (Never mind that plenty of people in countries that obsess over eye contact find it uncomfortable as well.) It's generally considered rude or an act of intimidation to maintain eye contact with people in Japan, for example. Not nodding occasionally while someone is talking is also seen as a sign that you're not paying attention. Are we going to modify videos to nod automatically too? Or maybe we can stop trying to fake social interactions and enforcing local customs on the world.