> Also on the panel, Father Michael Baggot worried that "artificial intimacy is going to distract us from, and deter us from, the deep interpersonal bonds that are central to our happiness and our flourishing."
> He called for guardrails on AI to stop it capturing individuals' "minds but … also our affections."
> Fr Baggot cited the example of Magisterium AI, a Catholic chatbot. He sits on the scholarly advisory board for the service, and said its creators had worked to prevent it being "anthropomorphic" adding, "We do not want people having an intimate relationship with it."
I appreciate that coinage, "artificial intimacy," and want to explore the implications of it more.
> He called for guardrails on AI to stop it capturing individuals' "minds but … also our affections."
> Fr Baggot cited the example of Magisterium AI, a Catholic chatbot. He sits on the scholarly advisory board for the service, and said its creators had worked to prevent it being "anthropomorphic" adding, "We do not want people having an intimate relationship with it."
I appreciate that coinage, "artificial intimacy," and want to explore the implications of it more.