Posts Tagged ‘AI’

How can Coaching AI help Higher Education?

How can Coaching AI help Higher Education?

Article 1 of the Series on the topic of Education and Coaching Technology and coaching can today provide a new value to individuals, groups and organizations: individual, private, regular and personalized coaching conversations. Why does Higher Education need coaching? Based on twenty years of experience in the Education space and since creating PocketConfidant we are […]

Two pillars to govern ethical AI
Two pillars to govern ethical AI

Two pillars to govern ethical AI

Article 4 of the Series on Ethics in Artificial Intelligence In the previous articles, I talked about the nature of human fears related to AI and discussed the potential impact of AI on the society. In this article I’m presenting a point of view on the approaches to AI regulation. They have been previously shared […]

Startup journey: acceleration

Startup journey: acceleration

December 2015… One year after “the idea” popped in. PocketConfidant is still not incorporated, has no technical team, no funding, some client interest and a prototype with the minimum possible functionality; however, PocketConfidant is making its first official trip to California. From Nice, to Paris, to Los Angeles, to San Francisco, and the Bay Area, […]

The fears of the AI era. Where Ethics is Needed?

The fears of the AI era. Where Ethics is Needed?

This is Article 2 of the Series on Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. In this article our goal is to briefly cover areas in which AI has achieved amazing progress, discuss the nature of human fears in relation to the changes brought by artificial intelligence and prepare the foundation for deeper discussions by breaking down the […]

Artificial Intelligence and the Era of Quantitative Ethics

Artificial Intelligence and the Era of Quantitative Ethics

“AI for good”, — the expression is used frequently and almost no industry meeting nowadays will finish before someone mentions the words “ethics” and “AI” together. The importance of ethics in the development and functioning of the solutions backed by artificial intelligence should not be underestimated. More and more governments, communities, companies, entrepreneurs, scientists and […]

CES 2018: Observations & Upcoming Trends

CES 2018: Observations & Upcoming Trends

New technologies are more and more evolving towards coaching the human being. A person provides data to a machine to empower himself or herself and we are all hungry for data about ourselves; in the end what technologies haven’t done yet is to provide the personalized follow-up programs that people can use in their daily […]

Coaching with AI: Empowerment at scale, with technology

Coaching with AI: Empowerment at scale, with technology

Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.Timothy Gallwey Here it is our first video! We are preparing to launch our virtual coach, the trusted friend in your pocket, with you 24/7 to chat with you about anything that is on your […]

EIA Learning Day#3: Humans and Machines – help each other

EIA Learning Day#3: Humans and Machines – help each other

It’s no longer man vs. machine. It’s man and machine reasoning together – Paul Reeves said. At PocketConfidant we try to understand and regulate how humans and machines can help each other achieving Human goals. Human and Machines relationship may be viable if there is empathy.