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Chapter to appear in Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations (Eds. Perry & Cameron).
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Still, this future isnβt inevitable. We describe ways empathic AI can instead strengthen kindness by helping people reflect, communicate support more clearly, and reconnect with each other. π«Ά
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At the same time, people may start offloading the act of giving empathy to AI once they see that AI can take over this effortful work. Without practicing empathy, people may begin to devalue it, losing both the motivation and skill to care for others.
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People may start seeking empathy from AI because itβs always available, non-judgmental, and offers the exact kind of support they desire. However, when people rely on AI instead of others for care, they lose out on the mutual vulnerability and connection that real relationships depend on.
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New chapter preprint out! With Sharlene Fernandes and @kurtjgray.bsky.social!
Our chapter, Empathic AI Will Undermine Human Kindness, argues how large language models that offer empathy could weaken the kindness that comes from humans exchanging empathy with each other.
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Smile if youβre moving to Columbus!!
It was a great year at UNC. This summer, @mshastry.bsky.social and I are moving with @kurtjgray.bsky.social βs Deepest Beliefs Lab to Ohio State! Excited to join.
(forever Go Blue, though π€γ½οΈ)
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Social psychologist studying morality and the self.
Postdoc in the Mind and Culture Lab @dukemaclab.bsky.social at Duke University.
Social psychologist studying emotions: https://www.kamamutalab.org. Teaching at University of Oslo & European Master Global-MINDS. Dad to a rocket scientist. Born at 323 p.p.m.
Postdoc @csh.ac.at⬠studying how social and technological change reshapes our beliefs. morality, AI, religion, politics, social networks. danicadillion.com
Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
Social Psychology PhD student at The Ohio State University studying religion, morality, and polarization
PhD student in Social Psychology @BIGSSS Bremen interested in moral psychology, cross-cultural differences and social perception.
Postdoc at Oxford. Goes by βGracie.β Researches moral cognition + AI. she/her/hers
www.mgreinecke.com
PhD Candidate in Moral Psychology & AI | University of Exeter
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SocPsych Ph.D. Student - Princeton Uni, Uni of Lisbon
Lay beliefs about (psych) science
Twitter/X: @cruz_fcorreia
PhD student in Moral/Social Psychology | Mayflower Scholar | University of Southampton
Studies metaethical attitudes and agents, moral psychology of AI, conflict resolution, moral ambivalence, intellectual humility, and wisdom.
Pursuing PhD at Center for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin / humanet3
PhD student in developmental psychology at LaPsyDΓ, Paris - interested in reasoning, intuitions, adolescent development and moral psychology
PhD Student at Ohio State University with Kristen Lindquist | NSF GRFP Fellow | π§ π«
PhD candidate @UNC-CH | bodies, brains and affective science | NSF grad research fellow |βπΎπ±π· | she, her
Assistant Professor at Brown University, studying how children and adults reason about the social world. Director of the Mind & Morality Lab. Forever an Atlanta Falcons fan
Social neuroscientist studying how people understand and predict each other. Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College. http://markallenthornton.com
Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin | Studying how people (and AI) reason about the emotions of others
Associate professor at the Hebrew University. Social cognitive neuroscience, empathy, social interaction, intergroup relations, deficits in social skills.
assc prof of psychology at brooklyn college & psych & phil at cuny grad center; interested in moral psychβhow people judge what is right and wrong, and what they do with those judgments; anagantman.com; https://anagantman.substack.com/p/introducing-psyop
