Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ pediatric units providing emotional support while helping to combat staffing shortages.
I think I would be offended if some robot came up to try and provide emotional support. Its fake, and reminds me that our society values profit over human life. This should not be normalized as a necessity due to missing money that is going to the pockets of administrators, owners, insurance, and whoever else…this is pathetic.
Fr, fr. At least when a human fakes it there is the possibility that they aren’t faking it. A machine that is incapable of feeling loses all ambiguity. It’s even emptier than just pretending to be sympathetic.
I have to admit if I was a small child of 8-10 and Eve from Wall-E rolled up I’d be giddty to play with it, but even then I wouldn’t expect it to replace actual human contact.
I think I would be offended if some robot came up to try and provide emotional support. Its fake, and reminds me that our society values profit over human life. This should not be normalized as a necessity due to missing money that is going to the pockets of administrators, owners, insurance, and whoever else…this is pathetic.
Fr, fr. At least when a human fakes it there is the possibility that they aren’t faking it. A machine that is incapable of feeling loses all ambiguity. It’s even emptier than just pretending to be sympathetic.
The example in the article is of a kid patient.
I have to admit if I was a small child of 8-10 and Eve from Wall-E rolled up I’d be giddty to play with it, but even then I wouldn’t expect it to replace actual human contact.
Sure, I just can’t help but imagine how I personally would react if this became common for all patients.
I certainly would be outraged to have a bot assigned to me.
Worth trying with kids. They play with dolls after all and imaginary friends.