Jason Howell and Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI, explore the creation of Yara, the challenges in current mental health services, AI's potential in making mental wellness accessible, ethical AI design, and the importance of safety in AI healthcare applications. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Yara AI 0:03:00 - Introduction of guest Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI 0:05:14 - Exploration of the connection between SwiftKey and Yara AI 0:09:06 - The evolution of ELIZA to where we are now with AI chatbots 0:11:50 - Joe's drive to develop Yara came out of personal experience 0:15:26 - Using a GPT as a replacement for a therapist 0:20:50- How to tackle the amnesic quality of LLMs in a therapeutic application 0:27:10- Jason's experience with the open beta of Yara 0:29:06 - Joe's live demo of Yara 0:32:14 - What is emotional intelligence and empathy when an AI provides it? 0:37:42 - The accessibility and inequality problem with mental health services 0:40:34 - How does Yara manage the problem of hallucinations? 0:50:20 - Peter Hames hired by Microsoft AI 0:55:55 - Closing the loop to the SwiftKey days Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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