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AI will never convey the essence of human empathy
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Metadata
- Authors
- Perry, A.
- Affiliations
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Perry, Anat
- ORCID
- Perry, Anat
- Venue
- Nature Human Behaviour
- Published
- 2023-07-20
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1808-1809
- ISSN
- 2397-3374 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4384922658
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 71 · 2025: 59 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 4
- FWCI
- 47.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Human Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence, empathy, generative AI chatbots, psychological distress, compassion, practical wisdom, empathic tendency, online intervention
- MeSH terms
- Artificial Intelligence, Empathy, Humans
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