Fattybot: Designing a Hormone-Morphic Chatbot with a Hormonal and Immune System

Abstract

Currently, AI-designed systems in which, given a certain input or prompt, the system returns an output or response are becoming very popular. A chatbot is an example of this kind of system. However, human beings, besides processing the input stimuli or information adequately, are also capable of simultaneously expressing an emotional response to that input information. This is a major factor in the survival of our species. For years, bio-inspired AI models have been proposed in order to make AI systems more human-like. Paradigms, such as neuromorphic computing, represent an example of this trend. In this paper, we propose a new approach that we have termed hormone-morphic by designing a chatbot, Fattybot, with which it is possible to have a conversation. However, since Fattybot is endowed with both a hormonal and immune system, it can feel anxiety or some other altered condition during a conversation, which induces the chatbot to eat compulsively. The ultimate goal of the work is to propose AI systems that not only process information but also experience some of the emotional traits of human beings. In this paper, several simulation experiments are performed showing the usefulness of this approach, for example, in the simulation of a virtual patient.