August 2022 Summaries

In this discussion, Dr. Alan Cowen and Dr. Dacher Keltner debunk myths about emotion science with host Matt Forte. They discuss the complexity of facial and vocal expressions, Darwin's concept of "purposeless" expressions, and the misconception that AI is built to measure emotions. The experts also highlight the importance of Darwin's work on emotional expression and its role in social interaction. Additionally, they explore why debates often focus solely on facial expressions while ignoring other forms of emotional expression like vocal cues.

Hume AI and its nonprofit companion, The Hume Initiative, aim to measure human well-being through technology. Their mission is to align science and technology with human well-being by focusing on the study of expressive communication. Emotion science or affective science is an academic discipline that studies how emotions are elicited, experienced, and recognized in others. A related field known as affective computing trains machine learning models to recognize emotional behaviors. Hume AI's platform captures a nuanced representation of human expression and aims to build empathic AI systems that can improve our well-being.

The Hume AI blog explores the science and technology behind understanding human emotions, with a focus on expressive communication research. Co-hosts Matt and Alan delve into this topic through their podcast, "The Feelings Lab." The blog aims to provide insights into the study of human expression, affective computing, and how Hume AI's platform can improve emotional well-being by capturing nuances in expressive behavior. It also offers product updates, developer news and tutorials, social media engagement, and opportunities for users to connect with the team.