person
Paul Bloom
Yale and University of Toronto; cognitive science of AI moral status
Professor of psychology at Yale and University of Toronto; author of 'Against Empathy' and 'Psych'. Public commentator on AI's moral status, deception, and our intuitive responses to artificial minds.
current Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto; Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Yale University
Strategy positions
AI skepticmixed
AGI risk narratives overstated; real harms are mundane and currentArgues people are too quick to anthropomorphise AI; psychological research shows our moral intuitions about machines are systematically miscalibrated.
Our minds are designed to attribute agency and feeling to things that move with apparent purpose. AI systems exploit those inclinations far better than we appreciate.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.