Can AI show compassion? Teaching AI to care may teach us to be more human ourselves

The real leap forward won’t be found in machines feeling emotions but programming them to understand emotions and act compassionately and ethically.

In 1859, Charles Darwin unveiled a theory of Evolution that shook the scientific world: the survival of the fittest, where nature thrives on ruthless competition and efficiency. This dog-eat-dog approach profoundly influenced how millions perceive progress for over a century—we celebrated competition (at the expense of compassion) as the engine of evolution.