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Madhulika Shastry @mshastry.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Chapter to appear in Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Advances, and Ethical Considerations (Eds. Perry & Cameron). osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Madhulika Shastry @mshastry.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Still, this future isn’t inevitable. We describe ways empathic AI can instead strengthen kindness by helping people reflect, communicate support more clearly, and reconnect with each other. 🫶

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Madhulika Shastry @mshastry.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

At the same time, people may start offloading the act of giving empathy to AI once they see that AI can take over this effortful work. Without practicing empathy, people may begin to devalue it, losing both the motivation and skill to care for others.

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Madhulika Shastry @mshastry.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

People may start seeking empathy from AI because it’s always available, non-judgmental, and offers the exact kind of support they desire. However, when people rely on AI instead of others for care, they lose out on the mutual vulnerability and connection that real relationships depend on.

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Madhulika Shastry @mshastry.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

New chapter preprint out! With Sharlene Fernandes and @kurtjgray.bsky.social! Our chapter, Empathic AI Will Undermine Human Kindness, argues how large language models that offer empathy could weaken the kindness that comes from humans exchanging empathy with each other. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Madhulika Shastry @mshastry.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

So grateful for the new research ideas & friendships made at the EASP Summer School at Uni of Kent! Thank you to @jimaceverett.bsky.social & @mgreinecke.bsky.social for being amazing mentors of our Moral Psychology of AI workstream. Here are some pics of us working & exploring Canterbury, England!

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Helen Devine @helenldevine.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Smile if you’re moving to Columbus!! It was a great year at UNC. This summer, @mshastry.bsky.social and I are moving with @kurtjgray.bsky.social ’s Deepest Beliefs Lab to Ohio State! Excited to join. (forever Go Blue, though 🤗〽️)

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