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New research suggests abstract thinking can occur without mental imagery, challenging David Hume’s claim that ideas are based on visual images. The study on aphantasia shows many people can understand abstract concepts despite lacking imagery, prompting philosophers to rethink how higher cognition works.
Hume, an AI voice startup, has unveiled EVI, an Empathic Voice Interface, capable of monitoring and matching human mood. EVI, powered by a large language model, aims to bring empathy and emotional intelligence into the chatbot space. The AI's ability to understand and respond to human emotions is both fascinating and creepy, as it accurately predicted the author's skipped breakfast based on their tone. Hume's CEO emphasizes the importance of empathic AI in improving human well-being, and EVI's unique empathic capabilities make it stand out in the growing voicebot space.
Startup Hume claims to have developed emotionally intelligent conversational AI that can interpret over 24 distinct emotional expressions in a person's voice and respond accordingly, attracting over 1,000 developers and companies like SoftBank and Lawyer.com. The New York-based startup has raised $50 million in a series B funding round and launched "Hume EVI," a conversational voice API that can detect emotional nuances in audio and text and adjust its responses. While the technology aims to mimic human conversation, using AI to interpret complex emotional expressions through voice and text remains an imperfect science, with potential biases and challenges in accurately capturing nuances of emotion and context. Hume's AI has been integrated into applications in industries like health and wellness, customer service, and robotics, showing potential for tracking mental health conditions and providing expanded context in productivity chatbots.
Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume expresses concerns about President Biden's mental acuity, calling him "palpably senile" ahead of the State of the Union address. Hume points to recent gaffes and challenges Biden faces in proving his capability for the job. He also discusses Biden's stance on Israel and the impact within his own party.