Self‐Deception in Human–AI Emotional Relations.
Imagine a man chatting with his AI girlfriend app. He looks at his smartphone and says, 'Finally, I'm being understood'. Is he deceiving himself? Is there anything morally wrong with it? The human tendency to anthropomorphize AI is well established, and the popularity of AI companions is growing. Th...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 814 - 832 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2025
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