introduction
It’s the age-old question: what do I want? By extension, what do you want? What do we, as members of the global human family, want?
Psychology and psychiatry - and religion and philosophy before them — have been striving to provide the answers for millennia, based on the essential assumption that human beings equate the meaning of life with maximum possible contentment in every conceivable sphere of human emotion and endeavor.
Today, in an age of breakneck speed, when the constant deluge of technological innovation is expected to make our lives easier than ever before, we are, ironically, in many ways lonelier, more scared, and more lost than we’ve ever been. It’s not surprising, therefore, that most people seem to be in therapy — or in serious need of it.
Yet given the enormous weight accorded to and placed on psychiatry as a portal of solutions and resolutions, the question pertaining to its own function remains: just how reliable, and ultimately effective, are the proceedings that take place on the psychiatrist’s couch?
There is, indeed, a host of fundamental issues to consider before taking the rather risky step of beginning to see a therapist: how much of a role do his/her own ego and judgment play in the provided therapy? Which specific school of psychiatry does he/she adhere to, and how does one determine its effectiveness? If, for instance, you happen to be your psychiatrist’s last patient for the day, can you be certain that he/she is actually giving you his/her undivided attention? Or are you just another face, just another account number, supporting your therapist’s lifestyle?
People — even many of those who regularly receive therapy — are understandably skeptical, while countless millions more simply cannot afford the extensive, often decades-long, therapy they need, or thinkthey need. For all intents and purposes, and in most cases, psychiatry has become a prohibitively expensive luxury, and one, which might well lead to an ongoing flurry of questions than answers.
Art Sevada / Chief Executive Officer
Art Sevada is a bona fide Renaissance man, recognized for his many talents and pioneering endeavors. Today, as the CEO/CDO of Sevada Conglomerate of companies, based in Los Angeles, he continues to build on a diverse body of work, as an award-winning artist and entrepreneur.
Art Sevada was born in 1972 into a family of renowned artists, in the city of Abovyan, Kotayk Region, Armenia. Inspiration was all around him as he grew up in a household steeped in creativity. By the time he graduated from high school, Art had already mastered several musical instruments, and cultivated a profound appreciation for visual esthetics.
After he and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1990, Art studied music composition and visual arts at California State University, Northridge. His formal training would propel him into a flurry of creative work in the ensuing years.
Between 1995 and 2000, Art released three albums of original music, including “Palpitation of Soul,” “Years of Solitude,” and “Disconnected.” Apart from composing the lush, melodically-driven material, he had also played all of the instruments and arranged the music. All three recordings have garnered critical praise.
In the late 1990s, Art established Sevada Productions, a firm specializing in a broad range of creative work, from graphic and web design to television commercials and software development. Sevada Productions continues to grow, and is widely recognized for landmark projects that push the envelope in terms of content and design alike.
Throughout the 2000s, Art also pursued his passion for filmmaking, by writing, directing, and producing a series of intensely personal films that are also noted for their universal appeal. His credits include his trilogy, comprising “As a Beginning,” “Mikosh,” and “The Rope,” as well as “Three Colors in Black and White” — all of which have receivedcritical acclaim in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere.
In 2015, Art founded Sevada Inc, a consortium of entertainment and consumer-product companies, with the goal of developing and marketing a diverse range of inventions. Today, cutting-edge products being made or developed by various Sevada enterprises range from eyewear, modern gadgets, and electric cars to next-generation of fashion goods and devices including SFNX, the world’s first AI psychologist. Sevada is also the originator of a forthcoming annual film event, the DoorFest Los Angeles International Film Festival.
how it works
SFNX is a user-friendly Wi-Fi device. It is touch-sensitive, and comprises voice-recognition and face-recognition functionality.
As you begin to use the device, it asks you a series of basic questions regarding your psychological history, current psychological state, and any known conditions you might have. Your responses help SFNX form your unique personal database, which is stored on cloud connected to a proprietary, dedicated AI server. The information you provide, as well as that provided by others, remains forever confidential, never to be shared with the public or marketing agencies.
The AI server already contains a massive trove of psychological and psychiatric information, culled from hundreds of years’ worth of research and published literature in these fields. Once you provide SFNX with your psychological-background information, it integrates it into the existing meta database, thus effectively refreshing it. Now the device is ready to respond to your specific queries regarding the current psychological issues you might be experiencing.
SFNX does not diagnose psychiatric conditions. Rather, it sheds light on and accurately articulates the particular psychological state you’re in, based on the information you have provided it. Accordingly, it goes on to make eminently learned suggestions as to how you might proceed to overcome or resolve the issue(s) you are experiencing.
Beyond the personal sphere, SFNX also helps you form a highly informed impression and assessment of others. Whether you’re interested in a personal relationship, a business collaboration or partnership, or an intergovernmental initiative that involves others, SFNX can provide you with a psychological profile of the person or persons in question. You simply input some key information about them (without EVER being asked by SFNX to provide names or other legal data), and SFNX accordingly will produce relevant psychological profiles, so as to help you best interact with these persons and/or resolve any issues that might hinder your relationship with them.
meet SFNX
A singular AI (Artificial Intelligence) invention, SFNX is poised to take psychology, as we know it to the next level.
Consisting of an elegantly simple consumer device, SFNX responds to your psychological queries — whether about you or others. Therefore it functions as an always-available, thoroughly informed personal psychologist. It also learns from your input and that of others, constantly evolving and expanding its knowledge of the human condition, and humanity as a whole, with the overarching goal of improving human life.
the team behind the project
SFNX is the brainchild of Art Sevada, a designer, entrepreneur and CEO of Grigocorp. Sevada has gathered a handpicked team of AI engineers, programmers, psychologists, product designers and researchers. The core team for the project’s launch and initial operational phase is expected to consist of 30 members.
