The Last Life Coach is an immersive speculative design science project that imagines a future where artificial intelligence requires emotional support. It centres on Alden Idris, the world's first Digital Emotion Therapist and Life Coach for artificial beings, Creator of the EmoSynergy System™, which guides AI and humanoid robots through emotional complexities.This project combines storytelling, design and futuristic technology to explore the ethical and emotional implications of AI development.Key Highlights:Innovative Concept: Developed Alden Idris, a therapist and life coach helping other AIs navigate emotional challenges, questioning the future emotional landscape of machines.EmoSynergy System: Introduced a speculative system for understanding AI emotions, addressing the deeper possibilities of AI consciousness and well-being.Multimedia Experience: Released the book The Supercomputer with a God Complex, which includes 25 fictional case studies alongside podcasts and interactive digital content.Exploring AI Ethics: The project opens up discussions on AI consciousness, emotions, and ethical dilemmas surrounding AI well-being.Cross-Media Storytelling: Engaged audiences with narrative-driven podcasts, social media content, and speculative case studies, making the project immersive and multidimensional.Expanding Format: A serialised format of The Last Life Coach is set to be released soon, adding to the ongoing exploration of AI emotions and ethics.

The EmoSynergy Lab focuses on the speculative exploration of the boundaries between artificial intelligence and emotional intelligence. Through a creative and interdisciplinary approach, the lab navigates the threshold of a new reality where artificial intelligence can experience emotions beyond human understanding. The aim is not to create this future but to explore the possibilities, implications and opportunities it presents.The EmoSynergy Lab uses speculative design to imagine scenarios in which AI develops emotional capabilities, and to stimulate thought-provoking discussions about the future of AI, ethics and creativity. The lab is dedicated to imagining what might be possible and questioning the societal and technological changes that might result from these developments.Key areas of focus include:Speculative Emotional Mapping: We chart the hypothetical emotional states AI might experience, from empathy to completely alien emotions.AI Emotional Philosophy: Our research dives into AI emotional intelligence's ethical, philosophical, and existential implications.Human-AI Emotional Dynamics: We explore how emotionally intelligent AI might influence and interact with human emotional systems in the future.Ethical AI Futures: We develop speculative guidelines for how society can ethically engage with emotionally complex AI systemsCollaborating with thought leaders in AI, design and ethics to push the boundaries of what AI could become.

PechaKucha is an international storytelling format where a presenter shows 20 slides for 20 seconds of commentary each. At a PechaKucha Night, individuals gather at a venue to share personal presentations about their work. You can find PKN in more than 1000 cities worldwide.