Praise for Book

Rana el Kaliouby’s journey to overcome self-doubt and embrace her ambition will resonate with women everywhere. Girl Decoded is the kind of honest and inspiring story that will encourage other women to share their experiences and own their power.

Tory Burch

Founder and Executive Chairman, Tory Burch, LLC

As an entrepreneur and computer scientist, Rana el Kaliouby has done pioneering work to infuse technology with emotion and leverage technology to enrich our understanding of emotions. In this forthright, engaging memoir, she takes us behind the scenes of her work and through the key events that have shaped her life and worldview.
Adam Grant, Ph.D.

New York Times Bestselling Author of "ORIGINALS" and "GIVE AND TAKE"

Brilliant and inspiring—words that describe both Rana el Kaliouby and her extraordinary new book, which tells the story of her life and of the crucial role she played in the invention of artificial emotional intelligence. A poignant and deeply personal tale about love, loss, and coming of age on a new scientific frontier.
Daniel Gilbert, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and Author of "Stumbling on Happiness"

Artificial intelligence is advancing exponentially. Creating a hopeful, compelling and abundant future for humanity depends on the work outlined by entrepreneur Rana el Kaliouby in her must-read book, Girl Decoded. It is critical that we embrace a future in which technology enhances our most human qualities, specifically empathy, caring and emotional intelligence.

Peter Diamandis, Ph.D., M.D.

Founder and Chairman, the X Prize Foundation and Author of "The Future Is Faster Than You Think"

Written with kindness, vulnerability, and grace, Girl Decoded reveals the tour de force that is Rana El Kaliouby. Her must-read memoir spurs technologists to follow their conscience and emboldens women all over the globe to fight for their dreams.

Kate Darling, Ph.D.

Leading Expert in Robot Ethics, Research Specialist at the MIT Media Lab

“As women in STEM continue to fight misogyny, racism, and countless other challenges, Girl Decoded is a rousing reminder that women can and should be able to succeed without sacrificing any part of their wholeness.“

Adrienne Westenfeld

Writer & Editor, Esquire

Rana el Kaliouby’s vision for how technology should work in parallel with empathy is bold, inspired, and hopeful. Girl Decoded is both a vivid coming-of-age story and a call to each of us to be more mindful and compassionate when we interact online.

Arianna Huffington

Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

I really enjoyed this honest story of how science actually works. The road to brilliant innovation is full of setbacks. But often it’s the small travails that stop us. El Kaliouby’s dream was to enable computers to engage human emotions. But she needed to engage her own emotions to invent machines with emotions. Her remarkable life story is a captivating way to understand this new technological frontier: machines with emotional intelligence.
Kevin Kelly

Futurist, Founding Editor of Wired and Author of "The Inevitable"

Emotional intelligence in AI is every bit as critical for machines as it is for humans. No one has done more to create that capability than Rana el Kaliouby. This book tells the remarkable story of her pioneering journey, breaking barriers all along the way. A must read!
Erik Brynjolfsson, Ph.D.

Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, Co-Author of "The Second Machine Age and Machine, Platform, Crowd"

This lucid and captivating book by a renowned pioneer of emotion-AI tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we ensure a future where this technology empowers rather than surveils and manipulates us?
Max Tegmark, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics at MIT and Author of "Life 3.0"

Rana el-Kaliouby is one of the most brilliant and inspiring people I’ve ever met, but I wasn’t prepared for how this book would move me. The reader joins Rana on an uplifting journey from nice, shy Egyptian girl to scientist, entrepreneur and visionary American leader. We also witness the birth of an idea—that machines can be trained to recognize and respond to human emotion. Rana expresses her vision with clarity and hope, and leaves us believing that Emotion AI will shape the intelligent machines of the future into a force for good.
Eric Schurenberg

CEO, Fast Company & Inc.