Artificial intelligence is now everywhere. And with the ease of AI and the difficulties of human relationships, a growing population is forgoing human relationships to instead develop relationships with AI. What’s going on here, philosophically: Are these relationships legitimate? Is the love mutual? Can it ever be?

Today’s episode, we consider just one half of these relationships—can AI love humans? To do so, we evaluate:

* Various definitions of love

* Whether AI can meet the requirements of these different definitions

* If AI can’t meet those requirements now, can it ever meet them?

Stay tuned for Part 2!

Sources:

Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications

Symposium, by Plato

Love

Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships – A Provocative Study of AI, Companionship, and Desire

Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of Data

Why people are falling in love with A.I. companions | 60 Minutes Australia

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