I wrote an essay about empathic AI and the design gap between social cues for engagement and real empathy from conversational AI.
I dig through recent HCI research on the topic and collected my thoughts and a proposal how we can start designin conversational AI with human centred methods.

#ai #empathy #empathictech #emotionalai

https://lutzschmitt.com/blog/the-friendly-moloch

The friendly Moloch

Empathic AI is overwhelming us with emotional responses and we can't help it - an essay about the current design gap in conversational AI systems.

Lutz Schmitt Design & Consulting