I feel that this view, about the existential threat that robots are going to take over humanity, takes away our agency as humans. At the end of the day, we’re designing these systems, and we get to say how they are deployed, we can turn the switch off.
CEO & CO-FOUNDER OF AFFECTIVA
Rana el Kaliouby is the co-founder and CEO of Affectiva, a startup company that specializes in AI systems that sense and understand human emotions. Affectiva is developing cutting-edge AI technologies that apply machine learning, deep learning, and data science to bring new levels of emotional intelligence to AI. Rana is an active participant in international forums that focus on ethical issues and the regulation of AI to help ensure the technology has a positive impact on society. She was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2017.
MARTIN FORD: I want to begin by exploring your background; I’m especially interested in how you became involved with AI...