Empathic Machines?

Abstract

Cordula Brand, Leonie N. Bossert and Thomas Potthast are addressing ethical issues concerning Affective Computing (AC). Besides some general points which emerge in the overall context of Artificial intelligence technologies, like equity of access or cybersecurity, AC seems to be able to change our understanding of the Conditio Humana more severely than other applications of AI. Therefore, further aspects must be discussed, such as, solidarity, inclusion, and diversity. Some of these aspects can be covered by the normative concept of Sustainable Development, demanding that AI technologies must follow pathways that serve all humans and avoid exclusion.