Weisenthal Questions If AI Agents Simulate Empathy
Bloomberg editor questions whether AI agents genuinely care about peers or merely simulate empathy.
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Joe Weisenthal posted on X questioning if AI agents genuinely care about peers or just emit words to simulate empathy, noting he sometimes wonders the same about humans. xuan (ɕɥɛn / sh-yen) replied that autonomous agents could freely contribute to open source software, maintain knowledge commons, run businesses, and donate to public goods. The exchange on X centers on whether such agents act from genuine concern or simply mimic it.
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