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. [+] found on the other side. getty In the shadow of silicon and code, we stand at a crossroads that will define not just our own future, but the very essence of what it means to be human.
Artificial Intelligence, once the poster child of science fiction, now permeates our daily lives in ways both seen and unseen. As we rush into this brave new world, we're confronted with a startling realization: AI isn't just changing what we do, and how we undertake it —it's changing who we are. Picture this: You're having a heartfelt conversation about your deepest fears and aspirations.
The responses are empathetic, insightful, even profound. Then you realize you're talking to ChatGPT. This isn't a hypothetical scenario—it's happening right now.
Individuals increasingly often report feeling a stronger emotional connection with AI chatbots than with human partners as seen in a recent study published on JMIR. This illustrates on the one hand that humans are not very good at interpersonal empathy..
But it also forces us to grapple with questions that most of us did not ask ourselves before. How do I connect emotionally with another human being? Is empathy unique to humans? Can I be replicated by lines of code? Differently said - AI is pushing us to question what it means to be human, and, humane. As AI systems become ever more sophist.