To deepen our understanding of the guiding role compassion can play in an interreligious and interdisciplinary approach to AI ethics. Compassionate AI raises ethical issues about human dignity and relationship, religious questions about the nature of the human person, and technical challenges in broad interdisciplinary collaborations.
Thomas Arnold, Ali-Reza Bhojani, Jane Compson, Mark Graves and Cyrus Olsen
Five of our fellows published an editorial on “Compassionate AI and the Alignment Problem” in the journal Theology and Science from our Partner the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. In the article, these researchers explore how an interreligious and interdisciplinary focus on compassion can address concerns about aligning AI with human values and flourishing.
Thomas Arnold, Mark Graves, and Cyrus Olsen presented three papers on AI, Healthcare & Compassion at our Partner’s American Scientific Affiliate 2024 annual conference. They investigate compassion and ethical AI healthcare applications drawing upon psychology, human-robot interaction, and evidence-based medicine.
Five of our fellows organized and presented a session at the UN 79th General Assembly Science Summit on Compassionate AI Ethics for Sustainable Healthcare. They explore that topic from perspectives of sustainable care, Islamic AI ethics, Buddhist insights into compassion, developing machine learning models, and knowledge graphs.
Research Fellows Mark Graves and Jane Compson presented on “Compassionate AI for Moral Decision-Making, Health, and Well-Being” at the 2024 AI, Ethics & Society annual meeting. They examine benefits and issues for making AI more compassionate, especially in healthcare.
Research Fellows have presented on aspects of Compassionate AI at other conferences
AI and Faith is a pluralist organization seeking to engage the world in the moral and ethical issues around artificial intelligence.