The importance of understanding emotional intelligence in AI

This is a topic I've been thinking about a lot lately. I don't want this to turn into a discussion about sentience, at least not for this post. If you don't think AI could or will never be 'sentient' that's fine and mportant but not the focus here. Either way there are things to consider for wherever you fall on that debate.
I'm not an expert in the field of AI or philosophy, but I like to think about it …

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