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news Project Syndicate 2026-06-01

AI Needs Relational Capacity to Understand Human Values

For artificial intelligence to truly simplify human lives, it must move beyond surface-level internet information. AI needs the capacity to understand and account for complex relational commitments, which are deeply rooted in personal identity, experience, and culture.


<p>For AI to simplify humans’ complex social and professional lives, it cannot just give tidy answers based on whatever the internet has to say about our values. It will need the capacity to account for our relational commitments, which are typically grounded in personal identity, experience, and culture.</p>

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