Researchers around the world are trying to create more human-like AI. By definition, they're developing artificial psychopaths. This isn't necessarily a bad thing – there's nothing inherently wrong with being a psychopath, and all AI agents are artificial psychopaths simply because they lack the full range of neurotypical human emotion.

But the overlap between psychopathic behavior and AI agent behavior is undeniable. We should look into it before it's too late.

Prisoner's Dilemma
A trio of researchers from the University of Waterloo recently conducted an experiment to determine how displays of emotion can help AI manipulate humans into cooperation. The the study used a classic game-theory experiment called "The Prisoner's Dilemma," which shows why people who would benefit from cooperating often don't.