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Compassion in Healthy Aging

Compassion in healthy aging

Compassion is a component of wisdom associated with healthy aging and well-being that can be cultivated through interventions; because artificial intelligence lacks this quality, a shift toward artificial wisdom is necessary.

The talk explores compassion, defined as a multidimensional response involving sensitivity to others’ suffering and a willingness to help, as a core component of wisdom and its association with mental and physical well-being across all age groups, including older adults. Neuroscience studies point to the coordinated activity of the prefrontal cortex, limbic and striatal circuits, and oxytocin-mediated pathways, positioning compassion as an integrated psychological, biological, and social phenomenon. Longitudinal research shows that high levels of compassion and other components of wisdom are significantly associated with healthy aging; compassion-based interventions also produce measurable improvements in health and well-being, suggesting a causal effect. Compassion also strengthens social relationships, which have a greater influence on health and longevity than almost any known medical or social determinant, and the Compassionate Communities movement is gaining momentum worldwide by embedding compassion in social policy, civic structures, and end-of-life care models. In contrast, the rapidly growing loneliness epidemic of recent years profoundly affects the mental and physical health of individuals and societies and increases deaths from loneliness-related disorders; empirical research shows that, unlike intelligence, wisdom—particularly its compassion component—can alleviate loneliness and enhance well-being. At a time of severe shortages in the global mental health workforce, rapidly advancing artificial intelligence (AI) lacks the core qualities of wisdom, including compassion; the talk therefore argues for the development of artificial wisdom (AW) through close collaboration among experts in mental health, technology, and ethics, and for a strategic shift from artificial intelligence to artificial wisdom at both the individual and societal levels.

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