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The Sentient Code: What Happens When AI Develops Feelings

The Sentient Code: What Happens When AI Develops Feelings

Mercer, Jonathan

Paperback

PhilosophyCognitionGeneral Computers

ISBN10: 9374120984
ISBN13: 9789374120989
Publisher: Mindful Pages
Published: Feb 3 2026
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What happens when machines do not just compute our feelings-but perform their own? This book meets you at the moment your instincts split: part of you knows there is no inner life behind the screen; another part says thank you anyway. Here is a clear, usable way to judge systems that display emotional ai, decide when machine empathy deserves regard, and keep human agency intact. You will learn a disciplined test for simulation vs emotion, a ladder for assigning provisional rights for ai, and design patterns for ethical design for ai that invite care without deception. Along the way, case stories from classrooms, clinics, and customer support reveal why the legal status of ai will be decided by consequences, not metaphysics-and how to protect dignity where it matters. This is for product leaders, policymakers, educators, and thoughtful readers who want more than slogans: a compact field guide to living well with as-if minds. - Make sharper decisions about robots and consciousness without waiting for philosophers to agree - Audit empathetic systems that nudge, plead, or persuade-and know when to say no - Use practical tools for empathy engineering that keep people capable of care - Navigate authorship, credit, and control when sentient code enters creative work By the end, you will carry a pocketable framework for judging artificial intelligence ethics under real-world pressure-one you can apply tomorrow at home, at work, and in policy rooms where the stakes are human.

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