Can Artificial Intelligence Give Thoughtful Gifts? An Exploration Of The Possibilities And Limits Of AI's Humanity

The Ex-Machina Hollywood prophecies are not something we remember with fond feelings. At the rate at which Artificial Intelligence is growing, many have a foreboding of a time in the not-too-distant future when we will be dominated by a cold, emotionless fleet of AI-powered robots. For many people, this has come to mean that AI is the opposite of "human." This article is an attempt to study this phenomenon and to answer the question; "Can artificial Intelligence enhance humanity rather than replace it?" In a bid to do this, let's consider one of the most sacrosanct human traditions; gift-giving.