EeveeHobbert

EeveeHobbert t1_j9wskab wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:59 AM

Reply to comment by 912341234432143219 in Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human." by Gueulemer

Honestly, the whole concept of autonomous AI driven companion robots seem like that xD

EeveeHobbert t1_j9rz4yu wrote on February 24, 2023 at 3:17 AM

Reply to Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human." by Gueulemer

Why are we obsessed with making them human? Make them cute little teddy bears or something. I'd much prefer that to an uncanny valley human robot