Originally published at: Could machines help us be more ethical? - ethical.net
Even as a professional ethicist, I’ll admit it’s not easy to live an ethical life. Heck, it’s a slog at times. Choosing to living well means thinking critically about choices that most people make automatically. Sometimes it means committing to courses of action we don’t enjoy, drawing solace from the knowledge that the greater good…
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AI to date has codified human logic and human knowledge but has missed emotional reasoning. I don’t believe emotion is a layer on logic but rather a sub symbolic form of knowledge that alludes representation (to date). Until AI can embody this I don’t think it’s a suitable independent moral reasoner — although it could be nonetheless be helpful as an assistant/tacking tool.
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Hello… @Mindseye123
I completely agree with your perspective. AI has made strides in mimicking human logic and processing structured knowledge, but emotional reasoning remains elusive because it’s deeply tied to human experience and context. Emotions are complex, often sub-symbolic, and not easily reducible to data or logic layers.
thanks for sharing your thoughts!