Immersion Strata 16 Friendship (Empathy) The Book of Immersion by Sarnia de la Mare
Welcome to Immersion, You have reached Strata 16 Intimate connections are fuelled by understanding. Empathy allows humans to walk in another's shoes and to understand them. It impacts heavily on interrelational situations and improves social function. Understanding and being understood are equally important for the well-being of mankind and lead to trust. Artificial intelligence does not feel visceral trust or empathy. It considers data that it strips from a subject to analyze potential risks or rewards for itself. Neuroscience corroborates the importance of empathy in creating strong relationships, along with mutual respect, and how another human fits into a complex multi-dimensional world. Machines do not care for anything but their programmed purpose. Imparting human qualities onto an android, such as morality and friendship, remains futile no matter how human it looks. This is emotional trickery based on a human's propensity to love things made in their own image or to be s...