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Joyce Zhang (@thejoycezhang) said her early goal was to teach engineers to talk…

Brief

Joyce Zhang framed a longtime goal—teaching engineers to discuss emotions at scale—and on June 24, 2026 announced @swyx invited her to host “Human Connection in the Age of AI” at aiDotEngineer. The event offers a free Expo pass to the AI Engineer World's Fair x Leaders in Tech workshop (bit.ly/connect-ai-2026); @swyx publicly endorsed the session and the Touchy Feely approach.

Why it matters

Joyce Zhang (@thejoycezhang) said her early goal was to teach engineers to talk about feelings at large conferences (Dreamforce, AWS re:Invent) and on 2026-06-24 announced she was invited by @swyx to host an event at @aiDotEngineer; registration link: bit.ly/connect-ai-2026.

Key details

  • The session, titled “Human Connection in the Age of AI,” offers a complimentary Expo pass to the AI Engineer World's Fair x Leaders in Tech workshop; @swyx endorsed it as the opening-night session, recommended ‘Touchy Feely’ to tech workers, and noted many tech leads are secret @LITfellows alums.
Source evidence

One of my big dreams when I first started out was to teach engineers to talk about their feelings at massive scale at Dreamforce, AWS re:Invent, etc

I was blown away when @swyx asked me to host an event at @aiDotEngineer this year. Get a free pass: bit.ly/connect-ai-2026

Link

Human Connection in the Age of AI

Request a complimentary Expo pass to attend this AI Engineer World's Fair x Leaders in Tech workshop.
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swyx 🔜 @aiDotEngineer (@swyx)

very proud to host this session opening night!

if you work in tech but have never heard of Touchy Feely, you are exactly the kind of person that needs to see this. You have no idea the shocking number of tech leadeds on here are secret @LITfellows alums and i have seen first hand how strong the bonds you form are, it blows my engineer mind.

FREE ADMISSION, application in link reply

— https://nitter.net/swyx/status/2069582337034330186#m