In this episode, Sam sat down with guest Dr. Mohammad explore what it actually takes to build emotional intelligence into a physical machine - from the technical layers of facial expression recognition and voice intonation analysis to the user experience decisions that matter most when your users are vulnerable, lonely, and elderly.

IN THIS EPISODE:

▪  How a postdoc in a psychology department became the career-defining moment that connected engineering with human wellbeing — and led to two decades of social robotics research

▪  Artificial emotional intelligence in practice: sensing facial expressions, eye gaze, head pose, voice intonation, and sentiment to generate empathetic and socially appropriate responses

▪  The LLM revolution: from 6–7 English students writing scripted dialogues for m ...