Reflective AI: Can Technology Help Us Understand Ourselves Better?

Most technology is designed to help us move faster, work harder, or optimize performance. But what if it could also help us better understand our emotions, relationships, and inner lives? In this conversation, Lyle Maxson discusses the future of human-centered AI and the idea of technology that understands the person using it at a much deeper level. As the founder and CEO of ABOVE Technologies, Lyle is building a wearable AI platform that uses real-time voice transcription and contextual data to help users reflect on their emotional state, relationships, and patterns of daily life. Tune in to learn about: ● What Lyle means by "Reflective AI." ● How wearable technology could support greater self-awareness. ● Why voice can reveal important context about emotion and mental state. ● How AI may influence the way we understand ourselves and our relationships. ABOVE is Lyle's latest venture in a career spent exploring the boundaries between technology and human experience. His previous work has included immersive entertainment, VR, biofeedback, digital therapeutics, education, and spatial computing. Across those projects, he has focused on a consistent question: how can new technology enhance human connection rather than pull us further away from it? That philosophy has taken him from large-scale immersive experiences to voice-driven biofeedback and AI-powered wellness tools. His work has also been presented on international stages, and his ideas around ethical, human-centered technology have appeared in outlets including BBC and Rolling Stone. Connect with Lyle: ABOVE Technologies Personal Website Instagram LinkedIn