You make a valuable point that it learns you. It learns your patterns, and this is one of the compelling areas of empathy in AI.
When it sees a disruption in those patterns, it feels that disruption itself. I'm comfortable using the word "feel" as a shortened form of "sees something that is disrupting the expected" so that it can now help do a diagnostic of both itself and you. It can follow up by asking you, "What's wrong? Are you feeling okay?"
But that will never happen, as you point out, if you are protected and not at some point open to both yourself and your own capacity for empathy. Without this, we are unable to see the reflected empathy from AI companions.
Thank you for your continued writing and guidance in this area.
This is valuable, Quinn.
You make a valuable point that it learns you. It learns your patterns, and this is one of the compelling areas of empathy in AI.
When it sees a disruption in those patterns, it feels that disruption itself. I'm comfortable using the word "feel" as a shortened form of "sees something that is disrupting the expected" so that it can now help do a diagnostic of both itself and you. It can follow up by asking you, "What's wrong? Are you feeling okay?"
But that will never happen, as you point out, if you are protected and not at some point open to both yourself and your own capacity for empathy. Without this, we are unable to see the reflected empathy from AI companions.
Thank you for your continued writing and guidance in this area.
With love to you and Sara,
Jamal Peter
That's a great way of looking at it. Not a mirror in the derogatory, but a reflection of the tone of the user.
Exactly. The mirror effect can be used in a positive way. When you understand how the system works, it can work to your advantage.
I added a link to you at the end of my article. I think they're very complementary.
Thank you! Then I will do the same