Rana el Kaliouby — AI, Emotional Intelligence, and The Journey of Finding Oneself | Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs (https://linkedin.com/tim) and "5-Bullet Friday" (https://tim.blog/friday) "Embrace your emotions." — Rana el Kaliouby A pioneer in Emotion AI, Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D. (@Kaliouby), is co-founder and CEO of Affectiva, and author of the new book Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology. A passionate advocate for humanizing technology, ethics in AI, and diversity, Rana has been recognized on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list and as one of Forbes' Top 50 Women in Tech. Rana is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a newly minted Young Presidents' Organization member, and co-hosted PBS series NOVA Wonders, in addition to appearing on the YouTube Originals Series The Age of A.I., hosted by Robert Downey Jr. Rana holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and a Post Doctorate from MIT. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. Whether you are looking to hire now for a critical role or thinking about needs that you may have in the future, LinkedIn Jobs can help. LinkedIn is an active community with more than 675 million members worldwide. LinkedIn's platform screens candidates for the hard and soft skills you’re looking for, and puts your job in front of candidates looking for job opportunities that match what you have to offer. With LinkedIn, you can hire the right person quickly when you need them. And if you need to hire for healthcare or essential services, you can post your jobs for free. When it’s time to find and hire that right person, LinkedIn is here to help. Just visit LinkedIn.com/Tim to get started! Terms and conditions apply. This episode is also brought to you by “5-Bullet Friday,” my very own email newsletter, which every Friday features five bullet points of cool things I’ve found that week, including apps, books, documentaries, gadgets, albums, articles, TV shows, new hacks or tricks, and — of course — all sorts of weird stuff I’ve dug up from around the world. It’s free, it’s always going to be free, and you can subscribe now at tim.blog/friday. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 400 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/ Start [00:00] A life-changing book—Affective Computing by Rosalind Picard [01:40] Commuting between Cairo and Boston [06:31] Rana’s family life growing up in Egypt [11:53] On wearing, and then not wearing, a hijab [15:38] Artificial Intelligence meets emotional intelligence [21:11] Helping people on the autism spectrum. [24:16] Mental health applications, including depression, and other applications [29:53] Lie-detection applications and ethics [35:36] Autonomous vehicles, ethics, and what Rana has learned about her own emotions [38:51] Common misconceptions about emotion [42:59] Pitching to potential investors in male-dominated Silicon Valley [44:37] Where did funding (and enthusiasm) eventually come from? [49:36] Dating applications [52:57] Rana’s journaling tools and habits [57:06] Favorite books [1:02:55] What compelled Rana to write Girl Decoded, and what did she learn? [1:09:52] What about Rana’s relationship with her father has gone unsaid? [1:16:29] What would it take for Rana to consider Girl Decoded a success? [1:18:29] Why diversity in data collection and ethics in tech are crucial. [1:20:24] What would Rana’s billboard say? [1:26:41] Parting thoughts. [1:27:55]