  AI Alignment research seeks to align human and AI goals to ensure independent
actions by a machine are always ethical. This paper argues empathy is necessary
for this task, despite being often neglected in favor of more deductive
approaches. We offer an inside-out approach that grounds morality within the
context of the brain as a basis for algorithmically understanding ethics and
empathy. These arguments are justified via a survey of relevant literature. The
paper concludes with a suggested experimental approach to future research and
some initial experimental observations.
