Artificial intelligence is now everywhere. And with the ease of AI and the difficulties of human relationships, a growing population is forgoing human relationships to instead develop relationships with AI. What’s going on here, philosophically: Are these relationships legitimate? Is the love mutual? Can it ever be?
Today’s episode, we consider just one half of these relationships—can AI love humans? To do so, we evaluate:
* Various definitions of love
* Whether AI can meet the requirements of these different definitions
* If AI can’t meet those requirements now, can it ever meet them?
Stay tuned for Part 2!
Sources:
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications
Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of Data
Why people are falling in love with A.I. companions | 60 Minutes Australia
