Empathic AI and its role in understanding human emotions with Hume AI’s Alan Cowen | E1922

This Week in Startups is brought to you by… LinkedIn Jobs. A business is only as strong as its people, and every hire matters. Go to LinkedIn.com/TWIST to post your first job for free. Terms and conditions apply. Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal-breaker for startups to win new business. Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC 2 report fast. TWiST listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at http://www.vanta.com/twist Hubspot for Startups. Join thousands of companies that are growing better with HubSpot for Startups. Learn more and get extra benefits for being a TWiST listener now at https://www.hubspot.com/startups * Todays show: Hume AI’s Alan Cowen joins Jason to demo Hume AI’s Empathic Voice Interface (6:08), Measurement API (16:20), and discuss the future implications of this tech, both positive and negative (44:14). * Timestamps: (0:00) Hume AI’s Alan Cowen joins Jason (3:01) Hume AI and the role of AI in understanding human emotions (6:08) Hume AI’s Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) and its responsiveness to human emotions (8:27) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist (9:55) The components in speech that Hume AI studies and its application across different cultures (16:20) Hume AI’s Measurement API and its design for real-time emotion and expression analysis (21:16) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at http://www.vanta.com/twist (22:07) What AI can reveal about a person based on their expressions (24:12) The impact on customer service and security sectors (27:24) Hume AI’s comedy bot and emotional detection capabilities (36:08) Hubspot for Startups - Learn more and get extra benefits for being a TWiST listener now at https://www.hubspot.com/startups. Also, be sure to visit https://bit.ly/hubspot-ai-report (37:01) Hume AI’s comedy bot / roast functionality (44:11) The future implications, both positive and negative, of emotionally intelligent AI on society .* Check out Hume AI: https://www.hume.ai * Follow Alan: X: https://twitter.com/alancowen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-cowen * Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Thank you to our partners: (8:27) LinkedIn Jobs - Go to https://linkedIn.com/angel and post your first job for free. (21:16) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at http://www.vanta.com/twist (36:08) Hubspot for Startups - ****Learn more and get extra benefits for being a TWiST listener now at https://www.hubspot.com/startups. Also, be sure to visit https://bit.ly/hubspot-ai-report * Great 2023 interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast