Classic: "Do those jeans fit me?"
You can either choose truthfulness or empathy.
You can either choose truthfulness or empathy.
This statement is empathetic only if we assume a literal interpretation of the "do those jeans fit me?" question. In many cases, that question means something closer to:
"I feel fat. Could you say something nice to help me feel better about myself right away?"
> There is no need empathy to require lying.
Empathizing doesn't require lying. However, successful empathizing often does.
The problem is that the models probably aren't trained to actually be empathetic. An empathetic model might also empathize with somebody other than the direct user.