Rana el Kaliouby

Emotion AI will be ingrained in the technologies we use every day, running in the background, making our tech interactions more personalized, relevant, authentic, and interactive.

I am often asked what the future holds for Emotion AI, and my answer is simple: it will be ubiquitous, engrained in the technologies we use every day, running in the background, making our tech interactions more personalized, relevant, authentic and interactive.

Now with our Software Developer Kit (SDK), any developer can embed Emotion AI into the apps, games, devices, and digital experiences they are building, so that these can sense human emotion and adapt. This approach is rapidly driving more ubiquitous use of Emotion AI across a number of different industries.

Emotion AI uses massive amounts of data. In fact, Affectiva has built the world's largest emotion data repository.

We believe that one day Emotion AI will be ubiquitous, embedded on chips in our devices, ingrained into technology we use every day at home and at work.

On the path to ubiquity of AI, there will be many ethics-related decisions that we, as AI leaders, need to make. We have a responsibility to drive those decisions, not only because it is the right thing to do for society but because it is the smart business decision.

Governments like China and the United Arab Emirates are investing heavily in AI and see it as a competitive advantage.

As co-founder and CEO of an AI company, I am used to there not being many women in the room, especially in AI.

I do worry that organizations and even governments who own AI and data will have a competitive advantage and power, and those who don't will be left behind.

The real problem is not the existential threat of AI. Instead, it is in the development of ethical AI systems.

I am part of the World Economic Forum Global Council on Robotics and AI, and we spend a fair amount of our time together as a group discussing ethics, best practices, and the like.

I grew up in the Middle East, and I worry that AI increases the socioeconomic divide as opposed to closing the gap.