Leonardo Christov-Moore, Nicco Reggente, Anthony Vaccaro, Felix Schoeller, Brock Pluimer, Pamela K Douglas, Marco Iacoboni, Kingson Man, Antonio Damasio, Jonas T Kaplan
Given the accelerating powers of artificial intelligence (AI), we must equip artificial agents and robots with empathy to prevent harmful and irreversible decisions. Current approaches to artificial empathy focus on its cognitive or performative processes, overlooking affect, and thus promote sociopathic behaviors. Artificially vulnerable, fully empathic AI is necessary to prevent sociopathic robots and protect human welfare.
July 12, 2023: Science Robotics