It is not clear what the impact of AI use will be on psychological and emotional wellbeing

"Will use of A/IS adversely affect human psychological and emotional well-being in ways not otherwise foreseen?

## BackgroundA/IS may be given unprecedented access to human culture and human spaces—both physical and intellectual. A/IS may communicate via natural language, may move with humanlike form, and may express humanlike identity, but they are not, and should not be regarded as, human. Incorporation of A/IS into daily life may affect human well-being in ways not yet anticipated. Incorporation of A/IS may alter patterns of trust and capability assessment between humans, and between humans and A/IS.

## Recommendations1.Vigilance and robust, interdisciplinary, on-going research on identifying situations whereA/IS affect human well-being, both positively and negatively, is necessary. Evidence of correlations between the increased use ofA/IS and positive or negative individual or social outcomes must be explored.2.Design restrictions should be placed on the systems themselves to avoid machine decisions that may alter a person’s life in unknown ways. Explanations should be available on demand in systems that may affect human well-being.

## Further Resources

• K. Kamewari, M. Kato, T. Kanda, H. Ishiguro and K. Hiraki. “Six-and-a-Half-Month-Old Children Positively Attribute Goals to Human Action and to Humanoid-Robot Motion,” Cognitive Development, _vol. _20, no. 2, pp. 303–320,
  

• R.A. Calvo and D. Peters, Positive Computing: Technology for Wellbeing and Human Potential. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press,
  

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