Real Emotion
The more human-like AI becomes, the more we wrestle with this question: ‘What does it mean to be human?’ We’ve considered various aspects of humanity (as image-bearers) in this series, including wisdom, worship, relationship and attentiveness. This week, we’ll think about one of the most obvious deficiencies of AI: emotion. Chatbots cannot truly feel, desire or empathise. Again, they can simulate it, but it’s definitely not real. So, we have a great opportunity to appreciate God’s gift of emotions, and to consider the right response to them.
