Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars | Lex Fridman Podcast #322

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: and use code LEX to get $35 off - Weights & Biases: - Notion: - InsideTracker: to get 20% off - ExpressVPN: to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Rana’s Twitter: Rana’s Instagram: Rana’s Facebook: Affectiva (website): Smart Eye: (website): Girl Decoded (book): PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:00 - Childhood 10:37 - Hijab 13:20 - Faith 15:28 - War 19:37 - Women in the Middle East 23:55 - Rana’s journey 36:30 - Rosalind Picard 38:38 - Advice for women 49:09 - Dating 56:45 - Human nature 1:01:25 - AI and emotions 1:32:03 - Smart Eye 1:41:24 - Tesla and Waymo 1:50:11 - Drunk driving 1:59:42 - Robotics 2:13:29 - Advice for startups 2:18:17 - Investing 2:25:41 - Advice for young people 2:34:01 - Love SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: