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Boston AI Week 2026
TalkCore Festival Week

Introducing Motivation Intelligence Signal to Power Better AI, hosted by the science team at AgileBrain

Hosted by AgileBrain

Monday, September 28, 2026

9:00 AM–10:30 AM ET

About

"The model can accurately predict human behavior based on scale, but it does not possess an internal, causal model of human intent … or motivation. It maps correlation, not the human ‘why’” Dario Amodei, Anthropic Leading AI thinkers have consistently identified a critical gap: AI lacks a systematic and scalable understanding of human motivation. Google's Demis Hassabis writes, "AI lacks a 'world model' of human psychology. It knows what a human is likely to do next, but not why they feel motivated to do it." AgileBrain Motivation Intelligence fills that gap. Join Dr. JD Pincus, Chief Innovation Officer, and Jamie Thompson, Chief AI Officer, to explore how AgileBrain Motivation Intelligence delivers the “why” behind human behavior and enables more powerful AI prediction. In this interactive session you'll experience first-hand how neuroscience-based AgileBrain Exercises capture human motivational signal and how the AgileBrain Framework interprets those signals to provides that missing world model at scale to inform more genuine, personalized and powerful AI outputs. Topics to be covered in the session include: • The 12 emotional needs that motivate human behavior • The limitation of AI models predicting at scale • The challenge of capturing motivation signal using alternate modalities • The power of images to capture motivation signal • How motivation signal delivers more powerful AI prediction • The emerging power of J-Space and AI memory Participants will leave with: • A better understanding of human motivation and behavior • Their own personal AgileBrain results • Insights into how human motivation signal can enhance their work • A signed copy of JD’s book, The Emotionally Agile Brain: Mastering the 12 Emotional Needs that Drive Us. (in-person attendees only) Event Details Date: Monday, September 28, 2026 Time: 9:00 am - 10:15 am (Eastern Time) Type: In-person and online Location: Financial District, downtown Boston. The event address will be provided upon acceptance of your registration. [Registration link] (to do - create HubSpot Registration Page) If you are unable to attend in-person or we reach maximum capacity (seating capacity: 30), we encourage you to join us via Zoom link, which will be provided upon acceptance of your registration. The event will be recorded for future viewing and marketing purposes. About AgileBrain AgileBrain is a Boston-based firm focused on the understanding of human motivation. The AgileBrain Framework integrates 100+ psychological theories into one comprehensive and comprehensible model of human motivation. It is the subject of 18 peer-reviewed articles, covering the range of human experience from wellbeing to neurodiversity, employee engagement, leadership and consumer behavior. AgileBrain has been extensively validated in multiple, large-scale studies, showing significantly greater predictive power than traditional measurement approaches. AgileBrain solutions are in-use globally, supporting leadership development, student wellbeing, veterans in transition, at-risk youth and consumer marketers. AI predicts what people do. AgileBrain knows the why. https://agilebrain.com

Speakers

  • Dr. JD Pincus, Chief Innovation Officer, AgileBrain
  • Dr. Bill Nolen, Chief Scientist, AgileBrain
  • Jamie Thompson, Chief AI Officer, AgileBrain

Host

AgileBrain

Location

Millennium Tower Boston, Club Lounge Theatre

1 Franklin Street, Club Lounge, Boston, MA 02110

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Join link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/TJVoH3qVRqOX8tAkof34aA