AI versus Marshy - AI and Souls

I’ve been following some interesting work in AI lately, and I wanted to share a specific example with you. It’s about a tech demo that’s trying to give AI a more empathetic and human-like quality. This demo is part of a larger conversation about what it means for AI to have a ‘soul’. The demo follows a zoom conversation where things sound a bit melodramatic and contrived. The reason its interesting isn’t because this tech is a GAME-CHANGER (if you keep saying that it loses its meaning) but because its a well-designed piece of the puzzle that could assemble into something meaningful one day. Think of a disaster response line that’s inundated with calls and not everyone can get through… would a more empathetic sounding AI that can point to urgent supports be bad in this case? We don’t know - but its work like this that gets us closer to those answers. — That’s it for another week! I’ve been focused on some strategy work in the automotive space, working with a new mentor on my vision, and shipping more words. On the latter - we’ve started a small WhatsApp community called Writer’s Circle where we submit pieces for feedback weekly each Friday, there’s a few of us and we’re refining the process as we go. If that’s interesting to you feel free to put your details in this form . Take care and have a great weekend! -Marshy p.s. My email software’s markdown auto-format functionality stopped working today, hopefully it’s a “it will fix itself” situation - but I’m not sure if there’s much of a difference to the end-reader! My preview looked pretty good. Originally appeared in newsletter : AI versus Marshy #15: a big few, stock music, and soul-searching