ArticleAI and ethics2022
Replika in the Metaverse: the moral problem with empathy in 'It from Bit'.
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- Chatbots' Empathetic Conversations and Responses: A Qualitative Study of Help‑Seeking Queries on Depressive Moods Across 8 Commercial Conversational Agents.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Matters arising: a response to loneliness and suicide mitigation for students using GPT3-enabled chatbots.Npj mental health research · 2025Article
- Responsibility Gap(s) Due to the Introduction of AI in Healthcare: An Ubuntu-Inspired Approach.Science and engineering ethics · 2024Article
- What does the Thinking about Relationalism and Humanness in African Philosophy imply for Different Modes of Being Present in the Metaverse?Science and engineering ethics · 2024Article
- The Machine Speaks: Conversational AI and the Importance of Effort to Relationships of Meaning.JMIR mental health · 2024Article
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Abstract
This paper assesses claims of computational empathy in relation to existing social open-ended chatbots and intention that these chatbots will feature in emergent mixed reality contexts, recently given prominence due to interest in the Metaverse. Against the background of increasing loneliness within society and use of chatbots as a potential remedy for this, the paper considers two leading current social chatbots,
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