Frequently asked questions
Short answers. Visible boundaries.
These answers explain the institution and the public scope of the programme. Scientific questions that remain open have their own page.
What is AffectiveAI Research?
It is the scientific, philosophical and human foundation of tuucke. It formulates questions, hypotheses, specifications and boundaries for human–AI interaction and verifiable governance.
What is its relationship with tuucke?
AffectiveAI Research preserves and develops the research. tuucke is the commercial and technological brand that may turn part of that knowledge into infrastructure and products. Research, product and validation are not presented as equivalent.
What is the Synchrony Programme?
A falsifiable research line on the operational state of interaction among person, system and context. It is not emotion testing or a validated technology.
Does AffectiveAI Research assess people?
No. It rejects diagnosis, inference of private mental states, psychological profiling and social scoring. The object of study is situated interaction and system behaviour.
Has the research been externally validated?
Not conclusively. Hypotheses, specifications, public documents and internal work exist. University or independent validation will only be declared when a real protocol and agreement exist.
Why are formulas and implementation details not public?
Scientific transparency requires clarity about object, status, method, evidence and limits; it does not require disclosure of trade secrets or an implementable recipe. Sensitive details may be reviewed under appropriate frameworks where relevant.
How can a university or researcher collaborate?
By proposing a question, protocol, methodological review or path to independent validation through the Collaborate page.
How should materials be cited?
Each downloadable document includes a suggested citation, version, date and status. Web pages should be cited with title, AffectiveAI Research, URL and access date.