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Asked: 2025-06-09T15:53:51+00:00 In:

Should AI have a role in emotional decision-making, or is that line one we shouldn’t cross?

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This one keeps me up at night, honestly. I recently tried a mental wellness chatbot out of curiosity, and while it was polite and technically accurate, something about it felt empty.

It made me wonder: can a machine really participate in decisions that require empathy, context, or emotional intelligence?

Should it even try?

I know AI can analyze patterns in behavior or mood, but when it comes to decisions that affect our relationships, mental health, or even justice outcomes, should we be letting AI into that space at all?

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  1. Hassaan Arif
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    AI can inform emotional decision-making, but it should never replace it. That line between assistance and authority is critical, and crossing it too far can have serious consequences.

    Emotional decisions are deeply human. They involve not just logic or data, but empathy, intuition, personal values, and relationships. As humans, we do not just weigh outcomes, we feel them. And that feeling—the emotional experience—is something no AI, no matter how advanced, can truly understand.

    That said, AI can absolutely support the process. In mental health care, for example, AI tools can help detect early signs of anxiety or depression by analyzing speech or writing patterns. In workplaces, AI can help track emotional well-being trends or identify signs of burnout. These insights can help people intervene earlier and more thoughtfully.

    But insight is not the same as judgment. And that is the key point.

    AI has no lived experience. It does not know what it means to lose someone, to love, to forgive, or to regret.

    It does not grow up in a culture or form beliefs through real life. So when it comes to final decisions that carry emotional weight like ending a relationship, firing an employee, deciding on a patient’s mental health treatment that responsibility must stay with humans.

    Personally, I believe AI should act like a tool that makes things clearer. It can reveal patterns we might miss, offer suggestions, and make sense of complicated emotions in a helpful way. But it should never pretend to feel for us or decide because of our feelings. That is something only a human should do.

    Emotions are not flaws in decision-making. They are part of what makes our decisions meaningful. AI can support that process, but the final voice should always be ours.