Can an AI truly care about your feelings—or is emotional intelligence in machines just the most sophisticated form of manipulation? Dr. Alan Cowen of Hume AI joins the crew to unpack the promise and peril of emotionally adept bots, even as they're quietly shaping how we connect, seek help, and parent in the digital age.

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Paris Hilton Has Been Training Her AI for Years
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Tesla's "Mad Max" mode is now under federal scrutiny
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Meta earnings
You Have No Idea How Screwed OpenAI Actually Is
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B
Casio's Fluffy AI Robot Squeaked Its Way Into My Heart
For the sake of the show, I will suffer this torture -jj
Machine Olfaction and Embedded AI Are Shaping the New Global Sensing Industry
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Guest: Dr. Alan Cowen

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