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No - dogs are a great companion and there is a lot of affection involved. OP's comment specifically called that out.
by product50 9y ago
No - dogs are a great companion and there is a lot of affection involved. OP's comment specifically called that out.
- Johnny555 9y agoJust because he ruled it out doesn't mean that it's not a factor. People become attached to lots of inanimate items, and can feel emphathy for robots [1] [2], though perhaps not as strongly as with living creatures. US Military soldiers can develop an emotional connection with bomb disposal robots. [3] I definitely sympathize with this dog-like robot slipping on ice: https://youtu.be/W1czBcnX1Ww?t=1m23s https://youtu.be/W1czBcnX1Ww?t=1m23s Even though it's clearly a robot with no attempt to make it look or act like a dog. I can definitely believe that people can become attached, even fall in love with, their robot dogs. [1] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/human-empathy-for-robots_us_5637c43ee4b0c66bae5d5779 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/human-empathy-for-robot... [2] http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/02/robot_human_interaction_should_we_feel_empathy_for_abused_machines_video.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/02/robot_hum... [3] https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots/soldiers-can-get-emotionally-attached-to-robots-and-that-may-not-be-a-good-thing https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots...