Tag: Coach Jeff

After a radio career that spanned more than 30 years – including 15 years as a nationally syndicated talk radio host – Rusty Humphries is unveiling his latest project. It’s called Coach Jeff and it’s an AI assistant for U.S. veterans and first responders, their families and “anyone looking for a great friend.”  Humphries says that the reality of occupations like soldier or first responder is that “isolation hurts people more than the job does.” The press kit for Coach Jeff paints a picture these Americans are all too aware of: “You come home from the job and you can’t put it down. You can’t say it to your wife without scaring her, to your boss without being judged, or to a stranger without being handled. So, you say nothing.” As a talk host, Humphries spent years listening to people in exactly that spot, and he puts it simply: isolation is the accelerant, and connection is the antidote. The AI is based on a real Army military police soldier and combat veteran named Jeff Pelton, who helped build the product. Humphries says users know that Coach Jeff is AI “but he is always there, he remembers you and he calls it like it is.” See more about Coach Jeff here.