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Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Tuesday, 2 Feb 2027 - 18:00
AI as Companion? From Digital Pets to Simulated Empathy
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From care robots to digital pets, systems now analyse voice and gaze to construct models of our emotional states, enabling response without lived experience. Recognition is not reciprocity; classification is not compassion. What does it mean to feel accompanied by a system that does not feel?
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