#322 – Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars

Rana el Kaliouby is a pioneer in the field of emotion recognition and human-centric AI. She is the founder of Affectiva, deputy CEO of Smart Eye, and author of Girl Decoded. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Mizzen+Main: https://mizzenandmain.com and use code LEX to get $35 off - Weights & Biases: https://lexfridman.com/wnb - Notion: https://notion.com - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Rana's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaliouby Rana's Instagram: https://instagram.com/ranaelkaliouby Rana's Facebook: https://facebook.com/RanaelKaliouby Affectiva (website): https://affectiva.com Smart Eye: (website): https://smarteye.se Girl Decoded (book): https://amzn.to/3DnRAN4 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:58) - Childhood (16:35) - Hijab (19:18) - Faith (21:26) - War (25:35) - Women in the Middle East (29:53) - Rana's journey (42:28) - Rosalind Picard (44:36) - Advice for women (55:07) - Dating (1:02:43) - Human nature (1:07:23) - AI and emotions (1:38:01) - Smart Eye (1:47:22) - Tesla and Waymo (1:56:09) - Drunk driving (2:05:40) - Robotics (2:19:27) - Advice for startups (2:24:15) - Investing (2:31:39) - Advice for young people (2:39:59) - Love