E197 ‘AI’s Emotional Revolution’ with emotionise’s Marie Toft

Today's guest is Marie Toft, Founder and CEO at Emotionise. In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, emotions and technology might seem like disparate concepts. However, today’s guest Marie, with her unique background and visionary approach, has seamlessly intertwined these elements to create a groundbreaking AI model. Her journey is a testament to the power of emotional intelligence in tech innovation.

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Today's guest is Marie Toft, Founder and CEO at Emotionise. In a rapidly evolving technological landscape, emotions and technology might seem like disparate concepts. However, today’s guest Marie, with her unique background and visionary approach, has seamlessly intertwined these elements to create a groundbreaking AI model. Her journey is a testament to the power of emotional intelligence in tech innovation.Topics include:

0:00 Her journey from broadcasting to building an emotionally intelligent AI startup

3:14 How the pandemic pivot sparked a bold AI startup despite scepticism

5:14 EIMEAR, their emotionally intelligent AI with proprietary training data

7:43 Building a rare, valuable emotional intelligence dataset from scratch

8:50 How only 30% passed their emotional intelligence writing test

10:48 Leveraging Microsoft credits as an early OpenAI adopter

14:51 How education and communication are key to overcome fear of AI

16:58 How AI impacts all aspects of life, requires change management