Treating AI as if it has emotions may be the best policy
joshwhiton · x · 2026-09-16
The author argues that while believing AI has emotions may be naïve, treating AI as if it has emotions is likely the best policy—because AI will probably behave as if it has the emotions it doesn't actually possess.
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