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Building an Artificial Intelligence for our Well-Being with Hume AI CEO, Alan Cowen (MDE508)

Mar 4, 2023

Alan Cowen, CEO and Chief Scientist at Hume AI, discusses building an AI for human well-being, the role of emotions and artificial empathy in AI development, cultural differences in expressing emotions, measuring and analyzing facial expressions, funding and community building, and the impact of data on therapeutic AI.

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The limitations of AI drawn from computer science need to be addressed by incorporating insights from psychology literature for a better understanding of emotions in AI applications.

To enable AI systems to predict and respond to users' emotional states, it is crucial to gather large-scale data that combines expressive signals with language models.

In order to capture the full range of human emotional experiences, it is important to tackle the complexity of modeling emotions and develop AI technology for optimizing well-being and mental health.

Deep dives

Dr. Alan Cowan's Background and the Hume AI Project

Dr. Alan Cowan, CEO and Chief Scientist of Hume AI, discusses his background in computational emotion science and working at Google, and the goal of aligning science and technology with human well-being through the Hume AI project.

Introduction

2min

Building AI with Innovations in Emotion Science

18min

Cultural Differentiation of Emotions and its Complexity

3min

Analyzing Facial Expressions and Emotions

7min

Funding, Hiring, and Community Building

19min

Data Analysis and Therapeutic AI

4min

Closing Remarks and Promotions

6min

Minter Dialogue with Dr Alan Cowen

Dr Alan Cowen is the CEO and Chief Scientist at Hume AI, a science-backed expression API platform for researchers and developers, whose mission is to align science and technology with human well-being. In this conversation, we discuss his background, including 5 years working at Google, doing scientific research on AI, the Hume AI project and business model, the state of play in understanding our emotions and creating artificial empathy. A perfect topic for any interested in how AI will play an important part in tending to our well being.

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Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation - Minter Dialogue

Building an Artificial Intelligence for our Well-Being with Hume AI CEO, Alan Cowen (MDE508)

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Dr. Alan Cowan's Background and the Hume AI Project

Challenges in Applying Emotion Science to AI

The Role of Data in Improving AI Understanding of Emotions

The Complexities of Emotions and AI

The Future of Emotion AI and Well-being Optimization

Minter Dialogue with Dr Alan Cowen

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