Possibilities and ethics of artificial intelligent agents for facilitating social relationships

Abstract

Well-being is a critical factor to flourish our lives and societies. There is a new movement in which AI intervenes well-being, the so-called well-being AI. Previous applications of well-being AI have targeted individual well-being. However, there has been little research and development of well-being AI to intervene in groups while human relationships within groups such as organizations and social clubs are also known to contribute to well-being. In this presentation, we will summarize the literature on well-being AI, and discuss potential and ethical issues of AI agents that intervene in group relationships from a mediative approach. Through these discussions, we will revisit the issue of the symbiosis between AI agents and humans.