De Kai
AI Professor @ HKUST CSE / Berkeley ICSI / The Future Society
Table of Contents

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Chapter 16: Nurturing empathy, intimacy, and transparency
Responsible AIs need vulnerability and EQ
Affective computing and artificial intimacy (IEEE future technology concern of affective computing) CILO-1, 3
Explainable AI and the illusion of explainability; mindful AI and its societal impact (IEEE goal of transparency; IEEE objective of transparency and individual rights) CILO-1, 3, 4
Provocation:
- "Why Meaningful AI is Musical" [alternate] De Kai @ TEDxZhujiangNewTown
Required reading:
- RAI ch15
- EAD p90-109, "Affective Computing"
Suggested materials:
- “Beware of “Explanations” of AI”. David Martens et al. (2025). arXiv:2504.06791v1 [cs.LG] 9 Apr 2025.
- Read about “supernormal” in Nell Watson (2024). Taming the Machine. London: Kogan Page.
Exercises:
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