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Machines that express emotions: from medical paternalism to machine paternalism?

Abstract: Introduction: Machines do not have emotions, but they can be programmed to express (to appear to have) certain emotions. In medicine, robots and AI machines are used that could express positive emotions (joy, compassion, hope, gratitude, inspiration or awe) and priorities. Objective: To describe the main ethical implications of integrating the expression of emotions in machines used f...

Health · P Space — documented harm · certified 2026-09-09 · v1 · article view · machine-readable

Current reading — problem

Programming medical robots and AI to appear to have emotions risks creating machine paternalism, where simulated affect influences patients despite machines lacking real emotions.

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Machines do not actually have emotions; any expression is simulated appearance, which bounds claims about genuine empathy.

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