This paper offers an exploratory view about opportunities for the integration of Artificial Emotional Intelligence (AEI) in service production systems. Service systems are conceptualized as increasingly digitalized and networked co-production environments where employees, customers and technology engage in rich interactions to deploy outputs and create value. The study builds on a systematic literature review to identify three dimensions of application of AEI for improving service efficiency and reliability, namely to augment, to assist and to mimic customer and/or providers production capabilities. The paper offers a contribution to promoting the dialogue between the knowledge domains of service systems and AEI.