CLAIMar 5, 2025

"Only ChatGPT gets me": An Empirical Analysis of GPT versus other Large Language Models for Emotion Detection in Text

arXiv:2503.04831v15 citationsh-index: 20WWW
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This research addresses the problem of making AI more emotionally responsive for users in human-computer interaction, but it appears incremental as it compares existing models on a known task.

This work tackled the problem of detecting human emotions in text using large language models, finding that GPT outperformed other models on the GoEmotions dataset, though no specific accuracy numbers were provided.

This work investigates the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) in detecting and understanding human emotions through text. Drawing upon emotion models from psychology, we adopt an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates computational and affective sciences insights. The main goal is to assess how accurately they can identify emotions expressed in textual interactions and compare different models on this specific task. This research contributes to broader efforts to enhance human-computer interaction, making artificial intelligence technologies more responsive and sensitive to users' emotional nuances. By employing a methodology that involves comparisons with a state-of-the-art model on the GoEmotions dataset, we aim to gauge LLMs' effectiveness as a system for emotional analysis, paving the way for potential applications in various fields that require a nuanced understanding of human language.

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