Machines that express emotions: from medical paternalism to machine paternalism?

Abstract

Machines do not have emotions, but they can be programmed to express (to appear to have) certain emotions. In medicine, robots and AI machines are used that could express positive emotions (joy, compassion, hope, gratitude, inspiration or awe) and priorities. This study aims to describe the main ethical implications of integrating the expression of emotions in machines used for health care, especially when they use AI