We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here's what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from Bing

  • Written by: Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, Australian Catholic University
We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here's what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from BingBugWarp/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Last month, Microsoft integrated its Bing search engine with Open AI’s GPT-4 chatbot, a large language model designed to interact with users in a conversational manner.

Users interacting with Bing have reported flashes of emotion, ranging from sadness and existential angst through to depression and malice. The...

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