Trends in technology are constantly evolving, and so too are the ways humans interact with it. As people become more reliant on AI and automation, it's important to consider the emotional side of the equation. One way to achieve this is through emotion AI, which is concerned with making machines that can understand and respond to human emotions and make technological devices and systems more human-centric.
In this episode, Tommy talks with Rana el Kaliouby, Deputy CEO at Smart Eye and formerly, Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva. Rana is an Egyptian-American scientist, entrepreneur, angel investor, and AI thought leader on a mission to bring emotional intelligence to our digital world. Her life work is about humanizing technology before it dehumanizes us. Rana is also the author of the bestselling book, “Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology.”
Rana talks with Tommy about artificial intelligence and emotion AI, her motivation for merging Affectiva with Smart Eye, and what artificial intelligence can do for the future.
Key Takeaways
[01:18] - How Rana became interested in technology.
[03:15] - What led to the founding of Affectiva.
[06:06] - What is artificial intelligence and emotion AI?
[09:39] - A use case of Rana's technology.
[13:29] - What motivated Rana to merge Affectiva with Smart Eye.
[16:56] - What Rana's book, “Girl Decoded”, is all about.
[18:31] - What artificial intelligence can do for the future.
[19:53] - How AI can cause harm.
[22:17] - How future AI founders can reach out to Rana.
Quotes
[06:33] - "Artificial intelligence is a field within technology that is all about simulating human intelligence. So, it could be about building natural language processing into technology, or it could be about helping technology and helping our devices become more intelligent, more conversational, and more perceptual." - Rana el Kaliouby
[08:01] - "If you think of human intelligence, your IQ matters, and your cognitive intelligence matters. But as we all know, your emotional intelligence matters even more. It's how you connect with people. " - Rana el Kaliouby
[08:47] - "When interacting with somebody via technology, the richness of our emotional expressions tends to get lost in cyberspace. And so, I wanted to build technology that could capture these facial expressions using machine learning, computer vision, and tons of data." - Rana el Kaliouby
Links
Rana el Kaliouby on LinkedIn
Rana el Kaliouby on Twitter
Rana el Kaliouby Website
Affectiva
Smart Eye
Girl Decoded
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard Business School
The American Univesity in Cairo
Rosalind Picard
Neuralink
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