Shared Futures: The A.I. Forum

How is AI reshaping the way we live, create, connect, and evolve?

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Artificial Intimacy

Image of a robot hand holding a felt red heart.
April 14, 2020
  • Aspen Digital

For all of the gains that artificial intelligent (AI) systems allow, society is only now beginning to orient itself to the tremendous ethical and political issues emerging as a result of AI’s prevalence in our society. For example, recent critiques of facial recognition software bring to light issues of algorithmic bias, data irregularities, human rights violations, and government surveillance. In response, various principles and values-based governance models are furiously being developed to direct the future of AI design.

The report of the 2020 Aspen Institute Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence explored the intersection of human intimacy and artificial intelligence, investigating how different human-machine relationships may affect the development of human behavior and emotions.

Visit the interactive Artificial Intelligence report website to further explore the report.

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