In this Life with Machines episode, Baratunde Thurston sits down with Sean White, CEO of Inflection AI, to talk about the future of AI that actually feels human. Inflection’s chatbot, Pi, isn’t just another LLM—it’s designed with emotional intelligence, or EQ, at its core. But does EQ in AI make interactions more meaningful, or does it blur the line between human and machine in ways we’re not ready for? Sean and Baratunde dig into the philosophy behind AI that listens, the surprising ways Pi is already shaping human relationships, and the ethical tightrope of building tech that people trust. Plus, BLAIR, the show’s AI co-producer, has its own emotional intelligence put to the test.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction: Meet Sean White
01:49 Understanding Pi: The EQ-Infused Chatbot
03:16 The Frontier Models: Cutting-Edge AI
06:16 Pi in Action: A Live Demo
08:02 The Human Connection: Emotional Bonds with AI
19:09 Balancing Augmentation and Substitution
22:15 The Concept of Agentic AI
31:44 Blair’s Interaction with Sean
38:46 Enterprise vs. Consumer AI
40:44 Future Vision and Closing Thoughts
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Created and Executive Produced by: Elizabeth Stewart and Baratunde Thurston
Executive Producer and Showrunner: Alie Kilts
Senior Producer and Writer: Alex Stone
Associate Producer: Layne Deyling Cherland
Video Editor: Erik Shute
Videography and Audio Engineering from the team at Voicing Change Media
Theme Music: Andy Clausen
Special Envoy to the Machines: Peter Loforte
Life with Machines is a Voicing Change Media production
Sponsored by Lenovo
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