Carissa Vellis

Carissa Vellis, an associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford, joins the discussion on the moral and societal implications of AI agents. She highlights psychological risks of humanlike designs that can exploit user emotions and reinforce biases. Their conversation delves into the ethics of naming AI, the unsettling control over agent identities, and the societal costs of AI-driven startups that sideline human experiences. Carissa raises critical questions about the balance between efficiency and emotional impact.