Evan Bernstein

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1,829 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 13 Jun

Evan Bernstein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #876 - Apr 23 2022 podcast

He's the director of product marketing there. matched

And he said this regarding virtual meetings. matched

He says it's very hard to build rapport in a relationship in that type of environment. matched

His company sells software that attempts to detect whether a potential customer is interested in what a salesperson has to say during a video call, alerting the salesperson in real time during the meeting if someone seems more or less engaged in a particular topic. matched

Now, Zoom is reported to have plans to use AI, and obviously it's been met with this criticism, especially from rights advocates who think that such technology will portend a major breach of users' trust. matched

But they don't stop at just being a matter of trust. matched

For example, there's an advocacy group called Fight for the Future, and they put out an open letter to Zoom saying, matched

Saying you may want to rethink this plan because they're calling their attempt to use AI manipulative, discriminatory, and pure pseudoscience. matched

Pseudoscience. matched

But they do say it's also manipulative and discriminatory. matched

Manipulative because by tracking headspace, it becomes a major breach of user trust. matched

And they say the software will be sold to schools and employers who will use it to track and discipline us. matched

Okay, discriminatory, and this is serious. matched

Emotion AI, like facial recognition in general, is inherently biased. matched

And this feature will discriminate against certain ethnicities and people with disabilities. matched

Yes, absolutely. matched

And of course, the punctuation on this is pseudoscience. matched

They call it a marketing gimmick. matched

Experts admit that it doesn't work because the way we move our faces is often disconnected from the emotions underneath. matched

And the research has found that not even humans can measure emotions from faces some of the time. matched

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