Alan S. Cowen
I am an emotion scientist and AI engineer leading a lab and technology company called Hume AI and a former researcher at Berkeley and Google. Lately, I’ve been focused on the development of AI that can both think and speak, and its optimization for human well-being. My past research introduced computational methods to address how emotional behaviors can be parameterized, predicted, and emulated, how they influence our social interactions and bring meaning to our lives. I’ve investigated reactions to thousands of stimuli by participants around the world, analyzed neural representations of emotion using brain imaging, measured facial expressions in ancient sculptures, and used deep learning to investigate facial expressions in millions of naturalistic videos from around the world.
Twitter: @alancowen