artificial empathy is worthy of research. Millions of people have no one they can talk to about their problems. Millions of people rarely receive compassion from another human being. For these people, having access to an AI chatbot that can perform care for them may be an important contributor to their mental wellbeing. Esther Perel compares these ... See more

We’re learning to be kind to AI. AI is trained on data that’s packed full of human emotions, so we can expect better performance by treating it with a little more feeling. We’re going to say thank you, experiment with motivational phrases and praise, and test and learn our way to the incentives that get AI to perform most effectively for our work. ... See more