The ethics of using AI to deal with personal and existential crises | Compass

Presenter Benjamin Law explores the increasing number of people turning to AI to help them deal with personal and existential crises, treating it as a confidante, a therapist or even a way to speak to the dead. He discovers that while it can help some, it can also have devastating consequences.
 
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Chapters:
00:00 -  Are we outsourcing our humanity to machines
02:05 - Using AI to bring back the dead
07:41 - Chatbots as companions
09:00 - AI and self harm 
16:25 - Benjamin Law experiments with a companion bot
19:10 - Can you tell a bot from a human
22:08 - Deathbots - the potential risks

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