U of T Scarborough psychology researchers found that artificial intelligence can create empathetic responses more reliably and consistently than trained crisis responders (photo by MTStock Studio/Getty Images)
According to a new University of Toronto study, artificial intelligence (AI) can create empathetic responses more reliably and consistently than humans. That includes professional crisis responders who are trained to empathize with those in need.
“AI doesn’t get tired,” says Dariya Ovsyannikova, lab manager in Professor Michael Inzlicht’s lab at U of T Scarborough and lead author of the study. “It can offer consistent, high-quality empathetic responses without the emotional strain that humans experience.”
A recent study by U of T psychology researchers suggests that men may have more to gain than women in heteronormative romantic partnerships.
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Lobsang Lhalungpa, who served as a monk-official with the 14th Dalai Lama, collected and translated several rare Tibetan manuscripts over the course of his life (photo courtesy of Samphe Lhalungpa)
The manuscripts, some of which date back to the early 15th century, were donated to U of T Libraries by the family of the late scholar and monk-official Lobsang Lhalungpa.
