AI-powered companion robots could end loneliness in older adults
AI-powered companion robots could end loneliness in older adults
New report finds robots are a solution for the millions of isolated people who have no other solutions but will require measuring index and regulations.
New study reports companion robots with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate loneliness epidemic. Surgeon General says loneliness may be as pernicious as cigarettes.
I know I am way out there. But is it possible that actual human interaction could have a positive effect on loneliness?
Agreed, but sometimes it's difficult for people to get that human interaction, for a variety of reasons.
I'm not sure the answer is robots, though...
I think humans are too specifically hardwired for actual human interaction for it to work. Like, it's so specific that even online communication with real humans doesn't fill the void. I can talk to friends on Discord for ages, but it's not the same as meeting up and going to do something.
I really don't think an AI, even a convincing one, is going to make a large dent on loneliness in the majority of cases.
Someone's already killed themself after encouragement from an ai. I don't think trusting ai with unrestricted and unsupervised access to vulnerable people is a good idea.
The phrasing of the article makes it sound like robots will be replacements for human companionship, which is probably nonsense in any near term like the ten year period quoted, but it could maybe get to the point of imitating a companion animal like a dog or a cat to alleviate abject loneliness and pester people to move around their house. (The Aibo dream can finally be realized in my lifetime!)
Maybe a robot conversation could fool an older person with dementia or something, but I would definitely worry about leaving anyone detached enough to be fooled into thinking a language model is a conversation unattended with one. And if you're not fooled then it's just a spiral.
There's just so much wrong with this article. The whole website seems to be geared towards people who celebrate tech without understanding any if it. I.e.: tech bros.
Which is why I'd expect to see this article quoted on satire groups like: "did silicon valley reinvent the bus again?".
Getting lied to by a three armed twelve fingered algorithm.. Hmm...
I've seen this movie before. Langella is so good in it.