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title: '**Seven basic emotions**'
description: >-
  **Seven basic emotions** — a set of seven core emotion categories treated in
  the channel's captured material as the basic states an AI model built to
  decode human emotions operates over.
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  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/seven-basic-emotions-8db6b98bf4d9
markdown: >-
  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/seven-basic-emotions-8db6b98bf4d9.md
llms: null
parent: 'https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt'
channel: everyinc
updated: '2026-10-23T22:12:35.346Z'
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# \*\*Seven basic emotions\*\*

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/seven-basic-emotions-8db6b98bf4d9

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

**Seven basic emotions** — a set of seven core emotion categories treated in the channel's captured material as the basic states an AI model built to decode human emotions operates over.

This channel uses **seven basic emotions** in the episode with Alan Cowen, whose AI model is described as decoding human emotions from observable expression. The term serves as the framework for the emotion categories the conversation explores — a compact set of basic states that an emotion-reading model can work with.