#14: Emotion AI: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim our Humanity

"Perhaps if ethics had been a mandatory part of the core curriculum of computer scientists, these companies wouldn't have lost the public trust in the way they have today. " — Rana el Kaliouby  A pioneer in Emotion AI, Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D. (@Kaliouby), is Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva, and author of the newly released book Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology.  A passionate advocate for humanizing technology, ethics in AI and diversity, Rana has been recognized on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and as one of Forbes' Top 50 Women in Tech. Rana is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a newly minted Young Presidents' Organization member, and co-hosted a PBS NOVA series on AI.  Rana holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate from MIT.    In this podcast, Rana shares her journey as she follows her calling – to humanize our technology and how we connect with one another. According to Rana, if the point of AI was to design smarter computers that could emulate human thought and decision making, our machines would need more than pure logic. Like human beings, they would need a way to interpret and process emotion.   *** For show notes and past guests, please visit https://aiasiapacific.org/index.php/podcasts/. If you have questions or are interested in sponsoring the podcast, please email us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter to stay in touch.