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A comment on Ask HN: Is building a palliative AI companion for people with dementia ethical?.

Re:Ask HN: Is building a palliative AI companion for people ... by brudgers on Sunday December 15, 2024 @10:46PM (#42427856)
What would make it unethical?

Wouldn’t addressing those concerns make it ethical?

Anyway, things are either ethical or they are not. There is no “more ethical.” (but there are things that are outside ethics, what a red shoulder hawk does for example).

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One approach would be to address its use in a living will while the future patient can make an informed decision for themselves.

Good luck.

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Re:Ask HN: Is building a palliative AI companion for people ... by palata on Monday December 16, 2024 @04:30AM (#42429431)
> Anyway, things are either ethical or they are not.

Where do you get that from?

> What would make it unethical?

One example: you build an AI so that you don't have to spend time with the person while not feeling bad about it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is building a palliative AI companion for people ... by brudgers on Monday December 16, 2024 @11:22AM (#42432438)
How is that different from hiring a caregiver?
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Re:Ask HN: Is building a palliative AI companion for people ... by palata on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:03PM (#42466648)
If you can't imagine how it could be different... I'm not sure I can help.
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Re:Ask HN: Is building a palliative AI companion for people ... by codingdave on Monday December 16, 2024 @07:13AM (#42430326)
> things are either ethical or they are not

On the contrary, black and white thinking is considered a cognitive distortion. Real life is more nuanced than that.

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Re:Ask HN: Is building a palliative AI companion for people ... by brudgers on Monday December 16, 2024 @11:09AM (#42432330)
black and white thinking is considered a cognitive distortion

Irony of course has degrees.

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