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Emotions are core to everything we do.
I always want to listen with an open mind.
I find solace in immersing myself in my work.
We're not interested in applications where you're spying on people.
I am a firm believer that transparency goes hand in hand with collective intelligence.
I will occasionally take power naps on weekends and agree that they can be re-energizing.
I think, in the future, we'll assume that every device just knows how to read your emotions.
Even if I have to work, scheduling breaks where I disconnect from technology can be beneficial.
In the U.S., women smile more than men. In the U.K., there's no difference between men and women.
Own the leadership style that makes you you. If you are an empathetic leader by nature, embrace that.
I am often asked how does being a woman affect my work at Affectiva. Honestly, I don't think it does.
Make sure you give credit to those technologies adjacent to your own - even if they are your competitors.
The real problem is not the existential threat of AI. Instead, it is in the development of ethical AI systems.
As co-founder and CEO of an AI company, I am used to there not being many women in the room, especially in AI.
People should have to opt in for any kind of data sharing, and they should know what the data is being used for.
Emotion AI uses massive amounts of data. In fact, Affectiva has built the world's largest emotion data repository.
I grew up in the Middle East, and I worry that AI increases the socioeconomic divide as opposed to closing the gap.
I see that our emotional AI technology can be a core component of online learning systems - health wearables, even.
A brow furrow is a very important indicator of confusion or concentration, and it can be a negative facial expression.
Governments like China and the United Arab Emirates are investing heavily in AI and see it as a competitive advantage.
You can understand so much about how consumers perceive a brand by analyzing their spontaneous, subconscious responses.
My own work falls into a subset of AI that is about building artificial emotional intelligence, or Emotion AI for short.
We need to build EQ in our AI systems because, otherwise, they're not going to be as effective as they were designed to be.
In some cultures, like Middle Eastern, Egyptian, or Asian cultures, people are often hesitant to give any negative feedback.
I do believe I have certain strengths as a female CEO, such as having another level of awareness through emotional intelligence.
Mood-aware technologies would make personalized recommendations and encourage people to do things differently, better, or faster.
We're very interested in helping individuals on the autism spectrum cope and learn about social interactions and regulating emotions.
I very purposely have an open communication culture, where I encourage employees to approach me with their ideas without dominating them.
People who have a higher EQ (Emotional Quotient) lead more successful professional and personal lives, are healthier, and even live longer.
We can read your heart rate from a webcam without you wearing anything - we can just use the reflection of your face, which shows blood flow.
My Ph.D. is in computer vision and machine learning. I developed software that can read your emotions from your face as part of my doctorate work.
I do believe that if we have information about your emotional experiences, we can help you be in a more positive mood and influence your wellness.
At Affectiva, we hire top talent - and the entire world is our search space. I take pride in the cultural diversity of our team, and we celebrate it.
We believe that one day Emotion AI will be ubiquitous, embedded on chips in our devices, ingrained into technology we use every day at home and at work.
I do worry that organizations and even governments who own AI and data will have a competitive advantage and power, and those who don't will be left behind.
Integrity and being ethical is one of Affectiva's core values. This means we hold the highest standards for all we do, especially in our science and products.
Seeing clients as people with goals and desires helps you to understand their perspective, animating their existence beyond a line item in a sales pipeline report.
By humanizing technology, we have this golden opportunity to reimagine how we connect with machines, and therefore, how we, as human beings, connect with one another.
We recognize that your emotional information is extremely personal. And so we have veered away from all use cases where that data is being collected without your consent.
Emotion AI will be ingrained in the technologies we use every day, running in the background, making our tech interactions more personalized, relevant, authentic, and interactive.
In online learning environments, it is often hard to tell whether a student is struggling. By the time test scores are lagging, it's often too late - the student has already quit.
I am part of the World Economic Forum Global Council on Robotics and AI, and we spend a fair amount of our time together as a group discussing ethics, best practices, and the like.
I spent a lot of time wondering about the future. I am curious: when we have AI, and it becomes more mainstream, how is that going to affect the way we communicate with each other?
I personally believe in bringing your whole self to work and being open and transparent, even vulnerable. I believe that builds trust, loyalty, and a sense of belonging and passion.
Our human face happens to be one of the most powerful channels that we all use to communicate social and emotional states: everything from enjoyment, surprise, empathy, and curiosity.
With Emotion AI, we can inject humanity back into our connections, enabling not only our devices to better understand us, but fostering a stronger connection between us as individuals.
There's a large percentage of mobile phones that now have a camera that's with you a lot of the time, and there's a lot of interest around those cameras as a data collection mechanism.
The way to solve problems in the world is to become scientists and technologists and build things that haven't been built before and discover things that people really don't know about.
Many people with autism struggle with reading nonverbal cues and acting on them. When you lose that ability to understand and process nonverbal cues, you're at a huge disadvantage socially.
Emotions matter. They influence all aspects of our lives - how we live, work, and play - from the decisions we make and how we communicate. Emotions also influence our overall health and well being.