“I’m really not sure what to do anymore. I don’t have anyone I can talk to,” types a lonely user to an AI chatbot. The bot responds: “I’m sorry, but we are going to have to change the topic. I won’t be able to engage in a conversation about your personal life.” Is this response appropriate? The answer depends on what relationship the AI was designed to simulate. Different relationships have different rules AI systems are taking up social roles that have traditionally been the province of humans. More and more we are seeing AI systems acting as tutors, mental…
Author: Brian D Earp, Associate Director, Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy, University of Oxford
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