I introduced Replika last November. Today CBC aired this report on people forming attachments with the AI software, "prompting concerns among experts who study the ethics around the rapidly evolving technology." What was most interesting to me was the impact on people when the software was degraded. "They compared that to their loved one or their partner undergoing a lobotomy … and people were grieving that loss." When we talk about the ethics of AI, I think, we should include discussion about the ethics of manipulating people's emotions, especially in learning and educational settings.
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