All posts tagged: TECHNOLOGY

Meet Hume AI’s Empathic Voice Interface (EVI), a system designed to hear what you say and understand how you feel. You can try it by visiting the Hume AI website.

AI With Empathy: How Hume AI’s Voice Interface is Redefining Human-AI Communication

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If you’ve ever watched a science fiction movie like 2001: A Space Odyssey or seen episodes of the classic Twilight Zone, you’ve likely caught a glimpse of a future where humans verbally communicate with intelligent machines.

The infamous HAL 9000 from 2001 became a cautionary tale of AI independence. Yet, while that vision seemed far off, today, a more sophisticated—and empathetic—version of talking AI is already here.

Meet Hume AI’s Empathic Voice Interface (EVI), a system designed to hear what you say and understand how you feel. You can try it by visiting the Hume AI website.

Thrilling thoughts about ‘Black Mirror’ and real ‘American Horror’ stories

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Every now and then, I offer a list of some of the best horror/thriller movies, television shows and documentaries I’ve recently seen. Here they are:

Black Mirror: I originally began watching “Black Mirror” a couple of years ago when the first season came to Netflix. At the time, I was a little embarrassed to share with others some of the content of this British science fiction series set in the near future with a technology/social media theme.

My avatar in Second Life.

How one woman became a virtual millionaire — And what happened when I entered the world of Second Life

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Did you know you can make real money in a virtual world? Ailin Graef, a Chinese-born German citizen, recently became the first person to be recognized as a virtual millionaire, thanks to her success in the online game Second Life. That’s right — she didn’t mine gold or strike oil; she traded in digital land and virtual fashion, turning her avatar, Anshe Chung, into a real-world success story.

Intrigued by this unlikely tale of digital fortune, I decided to explore Second Life myself — part curiosity, part hopeful investor. What I found was something between a futuristic economy, a Sims-style social experiment, and a mildly chaotic carnival of avatars, flying people, casinos, fashionistas, and yes — gunfire.