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Same exact story on my grandparents. Once the healty one is gone, the other one sees a drastic reduction in quality of life as well as life expectancy. The cos
by pastullo 10y ago
Same exact story on my grandparents. Once the healty one is gone, the other one sees a drastic reduction in quality of life as well as life expectancy.
The cost incourred for at-home help with a dedicated easter european colf were huge. Might still be a couple of decades away but i can totally see a model where you rent a house robot that takes care of cooking, personal cleaning and limited interaction (no need to have super intelligent AI when chatting to a 80 years old man with Alzheimer)
- tajen 10y agoI know I speak to a computer 99% of the day (programming, games, movies, sms, maps, etc), but please kill me before my future son gives me an AI to talk to. I agree with the cooking and showing me movies, but our jobs as sons can't be replaced. On the other hand, if the robot makes snapchats with the elderly, that would be a way to bring our parents back into our lives.
- NPMaxwell 10y agoMaybe! :) But: http://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota-to-sell-cuddly-companion-robot-in-japan-1475486949 http://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota-to-sell-cuddly-companion-... "ELIZA's creator Joseph Weizenbaum thought the idea of a computer therapist was funny. But when his students and secretary started talking to it for hours, what had seemed to him to be an amusing idea suddenly felt like an appalling reality." http://www.radiolab.org/story/137466-clever-bots/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/137466-clever-bots/ In the meantime, parents need safe food. If anyone goes for this, good luck!