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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 3, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics

Tagged
Altruism, Antonio Damasio, Compassion, Feelings, Homeostasis, robotics, Sensation}

Can Robots Be Programmed To Care About Us?

_{Some researchers think it is only a matter of the right tweaks} _{Denyse O'Leary
March 3, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics}

The quest is a curious blend of forlorn hope fueled by half-acknowledged hype and resolute denial of the most serious problems. Also by sometimes systematic confusion as to what, precisely, we are talking about.

Are Infants Born Kind? New Research Says Yes

_{The trouble is, the research is haunted by conflicting definitions of altruism} _{Denyse O'Leary
March 2, 2020

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Ethics, Philosophy of Mind}

If human infants show apparent intellectual qualities like compassion earlier than we might have expected but chimpanzees don’t, we must accept that humans are fundamentally different from chimpanzees. Conflicting definitions of altruism cloud the picture.