> Japan's elderly may soon be conversing with chatbots more often than living people. I'm not sure that makes sense - don't TV and Skype solve that problem jus

> Japan's elderly may soon be conversing with chatbots more often than living people. I'm not sure that makes sense - don't TV and Skype solve that problem just fine? I mean, why would old people talk to robots instead of other old people - unless they want to, that is, but then I'd guess this trend wouldn't (isn't) be limited to just old people...