What you need to know about our machine creations — partners or our nemesis?

Are You ready to be Taught Empathy by Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

What you need to know about artificial empathy versus human empathy

Patrick OConnell
Zulie’s Writing Challenge
9 min readDec 2, 2021

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I am excited to share with you what I know about AI and empathy. You are most fortunate to now be among those few who will experience an exhilarating elevation of your knowledge concerning this “brave new world” technology called AI. You will come away with both a deeper appreciation of the power of AI and, more importantly knowledge of the promise of all things “AI” and “all things called future technology”. Fasten your seat belt. It will be a bumpy and hopefully a pleasant ride into YOUR future!

Human scientists have tried for decades to create more realistic computers. As companies rush to cash in on AI training software like Cogito, the question of whether AI can teach human empathy remains open. The answers to the question of whether we can code something like empathy in our smart machines may not be too far in the future. Scientists are now exploring the ways that AI can be used to teach humans empathy. The idea that machines can help us learn more about human empathy and how to be more empathetic is both exciting and yet concerning, f…

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Patrick OConnell
Zulie’s Writing Challenge

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