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What I build

My interests revolve around natural interactions with digital services and AI as a tool to make it happen.

Motivations

My goal?

Create ways everyone can trust when interacting with technology. Be it for communicating, learning, or just playing around.

But here’s the thing.

How we connect with the digital world keeps evolving. We started with punch cards, then screens and keyboards. Then came the mouse and GUI. We got touchscreens, then pocket-sized devices. Now, it’s voice interactions.

More input. More ways to connect.

And with more input comes a deeper understanding of people.

But the big question: as things change, how important is data ownership in our future with digital assistants?

I want to build a world with the kind of tech I’d want my kids to use and live with for their entire lives.

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Emotion A.I. : Do’s and Don’ts

Talk to your parents about your intimacy. Listen to a close friend having troubles. Play your favorite game with your children. Eat a delicious meal cooked with passion. Smell the perfume of a red rose during a fresh early morning…

Photo by Serafima Lazarenko on Unsplash

Photo by Serafima Lazarenko on Unsplash

What do all these experiences have in common?

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The Emotional Digital Assistant We Love.

At Hoomano, we think that the best way to interact with Digital Assistants is in a natural way, as we do when we interact with our loved ones.

This is a short story to feel what it’s like.

Story

◆ 8:23 AM: On his way to a weekly team meeting, Charly is in the subway and gets his smartphone out of his pocket. Unlocked by face recognition, his very personal digital assistant appears on the screen and gives a smile to Charly.

A charming voice, familiar to him, starts into his earbuds:

  • 10 min read

What do our interactions with machines reveal?

Xavier Basset - 2020 - TEDx Mines Ales
Xavier on stage at TEDx

TL;DR:

As a designer and developer, I have often thought about the ways in which our interactions with machines reveal insights about ourselves as humans.

These interactions can help us understand ourselves better and push us towards more intuitive and natural uses of technology. I have personally experienced the emotional power of such interactions, as demonstrated by the close connection my child formed with a robot during the holiday season. Additionally, I have come to appreciate the concept of attention in machine-human interactions and the importance of building relationships through attention and response. Empathy is also crucial in designing technology that meets the needs and emotions of the user.

I believe that technology has the potential to facilitate communication and connection between people, even across language barriers.

This is the best opportunity to make people communicate, learn, play and build love and happiness together at scale.