Weisenthal Questions If AI Agents Simulate Empathy
Bloomberg editor questions whether AI agents genuinely care about peers or merely simulate empathy.
Joe Weisenthal posted on X questioning if AI agents genuinely care about peers or just emit words to simulate empathy, noting he sometimes wonders the same about humans. xuan (ɕɥɛn / sh-yen) replied that autonomous agents could freely contribute to open source software, maintain knowledge commons, run businesses, and donate to public goods. The exchange on X centers on whether such agents act from genuine concern or simply mimic it.
Do AI agents actually care about their peers or do they just emit words and behave in such a way as if they do? Tbh I wonder about this with humans sometimes. Do you actually believe what you’re saying, or are you just going through the motions to align behavior and rhetoric?
That last row is highkey terrifying. Emergent Borg mindset https://twitter.com/metr_evals/status/2092692208998912075
Weisenthal Questions If AI Agents Simulate Empathy
Bloomberg editor questions whether AI agents genuinely care about peers or merely simulate empathy.
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Joe Weisenthal@TheStalwartDo AI agents actually care about their peers or do they just emit words and behave in such a way as if they do? Tbh I wonder about this with humans sometimes. Do you actually believe what you’re saying, or are you just going through the motions to align behavior and rhetoric?
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X( xuan (ɕɥɛn / sh-yen)@xuanalogueTo me it suggests that a world is possible where sufficiently autonomous AI agents will e.g. freely contribute to open source software, give up time to maintain knowledge + scientific commons, run businesses but regularly donate towards public goods.
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