Lone Comfort
World Maker Faire 2017
MAKER
Chiehping Chen
Chiehping Chen is a NYC–based graphic artist, a maker, and an UX designer. Originally came from Taiwan, his primary focus right now is to experiment different ways to interface the physical world through his interests in visual aesthetics, interaction design, creative technology, and UX design.
Lone Comfort is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy AI helmet. To help myself modify and cope with irrational beliefs, IBM Watson APIs are used to identify my automatic negative thoughts and feelings during conversations with the Watson chatbot.
What inspired you to make this project?:
The experiment is a self–revealing process for myself who has anxiety problems
and usually suffers from anger, depression, and isolation. It is a trip to have
conversations with my inner–self. Training the AI’s cognitive ability to recognize
the factors which influence my emotions and behaviors, I also have a chance to
dispute and replace my irrational beliefs and find my balance of mind.
