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253Reasons to Respond to AI Emotional ExpressionsAmerican Philosophical Quarterly. forthcoming.Human emotional expressions can communicate the emotional state of the expresser, but they can also communicate appeals to perceivers. For example, sadness expressions such as crying request perceivers to aid and support, and anger expressions such as shouting urge perceivers to back off. Some contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) systems can mimic human emotional expressions in a (more or less) realistic way, and they are progressively being integrated into our daily lives. How should we re…Read more
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17Fictional emotions and emotional reactions to social robots as depictions of social agentsBehavioral and Brain Sciences 46. 2023.Following the depiction theory by Clark and Fischer we would expect people interacting with robots to experience fictional emotions akin to those toward films or novels. However, some people's emotional reactions toward robots display the motivational force typical to non-fictional emotions. We discuss this incongruity and offer two suggestions on how to explain it while maintaining the depiction theory.
Bochum, NRW, Germany
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Normative Ethics |
Emotions |
Moral Responsibility |
Moral Character |
Moral Emotion |
Responsibility and Emotion |