Hume AI is a research lab and technology company. Our mission is to ensure that artificial intelligence is built to serve human goals and emotional well-being.
Vision
Our vision is a world where AI translates scientific insights into new ways to improve human emotional experience. Emotional awareness is the missing ingredient needed to build social media algorithms that optimize for user well-being instead of engagement metrics, digital assistants that respond with more nuance to your present state of mind, technologies that help animators create relatable characters, and much more.
Values
We’re committed to paving the way for prosocial AI while staying true to our values and principles:
Empathic
AI should serve our emotions and never treat them as a means to an end.
Beneficial
AI should first and foremost enhance the emotional well-being of society.
Scientific
Applications of AI should be supported by rigorous, inclusive, and collaborative science.
Cautious
AI should be built to remain safe and beneficial in ever-shifting environments.
Inclusive
The benefits of AI should be shared by people from diverse backgrounds.
Transparent
If AI has unintended effects, it should be possible to ascertain why.
Respectful
AI should never use people’s data in ways that aren’t in keeping with their own preferences.
All of our work is guided by the Asilomar AI Principles
Team
We are a team of scientists, engineers, and business leaders driven by the pursuit of understanding human emotion and improving human well-being.
Dr. Alan Cowen
CEO + Chief Scientist
Dr. Dacher Keltner
Chief Scientific Advisor
Michael Opara
Applied Research Scientist
Lauren Kim
Applied Research Scientist
Dr. Panagiotis Tzirakis
AI Research Scientist
Jacob Metrick
Principal Software Engineer
Dr. Jeffrey Brooks
Psychology Research Scientist
Janet Ho
Operations
Alice Baird
AI Research Scientist
Chris Gregory
Applied Research Scientist
Garrett Boseck
Software Engineer
John Beadle
Finance
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