To Regulate or to Be Regulated? – How to Protect the ‘Freedom of Mind’ Against Emotional AI Surveillance

Öznur Uğuz

doi:10.1609/aies.v8i3.36798

October 15, 2025Open Access

To Regulate or to Be Regulated? – How to Protect the ‘Freedom of Mind’ Against Emotional AI Surveillance

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Emotional AI surveillance may erode freedom of thought, threatening individual autonomy and expression.
The analysis highlights that existing regulations like the GDPR provide limited protection against coercive manipulation.
Behavioral engineering techniques can further compromise personal autonomy, requiring robust regulatory frameworks.
The study calls for stronger measures in the EU AI Act to adequately address risks posed by emotional AI.

Implication

This research discusses emotional AI's impact on personal autonomy, suggesting the EU AI Act and GDPR need better responses.

Abstract

This research discusses how emotional artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance could violate freedom of thought and freedom of expression by eroding personal autonomy through coercive manipulation and behavioral engineering, and analyzes to what extent the EU AI Act and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) address such risk.

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Öznur Uğuz (2025) studied this question.

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To Regulate or to Be Regulated? – How to Protect the ‘Freedom of Mind’ Against Emotional AI Surveillance

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