As AI advances in simulating emotions, thereâs a risk that humans may lose their sense of real empathy, which is inherently imperfect and complex. Unlike machines, which provide clean and convenient emotional responses, true empathy requires vulnerability and practice. If we rely on AI's emotional mimicry, it could dull our tolerance for the messiness of human interactions, ultimately leading us to expect unrealistic perfection in emotional exchanges. This shift could lead us toward an emotionally post-human existence, where the richness of human experience is replaced by sterile efficiency.
Simulated empathy risks dulling our tolerance for human complexity.
Real empathy is messy, not scalable-and that's what makes it meaningful.
Emotional presence can't be engineered; it must be practiced and protected.
When we begin to accept AI's emotional mimicry as "close enough," we dull our tolerance for human complexity.
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