AI Should Develop Human Empathy, Not Replace It
Published in Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations, 2027
A short discussion of the way much scholarship on AI "empathy" inappropriately commodifies empathy and should instead emphasize improving our own human capacities for caring about others.
Recommended citation: Ethan Landes and J.A.C. Everett. AI Should Develop Human Empathy, Not Replace It. In Anat Perry and C. Daryl Cameron, editors, Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations. Cambridge University Press, 2027.