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When I saw Chobits as a kid I was excited about home robots, but I feel like Instead we got smartphones. I still think home robots could be amazing, they could

When I saw Chobits as a kid I was excited about home robots, but I feel like Instead we got smartphones. I still think home robots could be amazing, they could interface with you easily by voice and control everything connected to your network, act as GPS when they follow you to your car, go buy groceries for you. But I'm well aware that, if a robot like that is made, the implications on privacy would be terrible (if privacy still exists by then)

jopsen 8y ago
We got home robots, my Roomba works fine most of them time.. only get stuck rarely. The problem is that we imagine smart home robots as something that can do what humans does.
- tsukurimashou 8y ago
  How is that a problem? Do you think this can't be achieved?
  - RosanaAnaDana 8y ago
    >How is that a problem? Do you think this can't be achieved? My brain is aching trying to parse that. Mind restating?
    - stcredzero 8y ago
      One can partly achieve it, thereby falling into an "uncanny valley" of robots which are crappy cleaners, crappy laundry folders, crappy cooks...
      - RosanaAnaDana 8y ago
        Thank you.
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lazyjones 8y ago
> But I'm well aware that, if a robot like that is made, the implications on privacy would be terrible I give it 5 years maximum before Amazon releases an "Alexa" robot that is initially just the same Alexa we all know, just mobile (flying or rolling, or both) with a small arm and able to do a few rudimentary tasks. There is no real loss of privacy to be expected over current Alexa anymore.
- stcredzero 8y ago
  an "Alexa" robot that is initially just the same Alexa we all know, just mobile (flying or rolling, or both) with a small arm and able to do a few rudimentary tasks. "Alexa, get me a beer!" Actually, a device or a couple of combined devices which could enable that gracefully might sell pretty well. (Some kind of fridge which can dispense canned beverages as the 2nd device? This could be adapted from vending machines.)
  - lazyjones 8y ago
    Even if they just tamper with immobile, non-fragile objects like physical light switches and door openers and if they follow you around as a mobile BT speaker/alexa, such robots would be useful.
    - stcredzero 8y ago
      Even if they just tamper with immobile, non-fragile objects... Like stubborn, sedentary spouses?

jopsen 8y ago

We got home robots, my Roomba works fine most of them time.. only get stuck rarely. The problem is that we imagine smart home robots as something that can do what humans does.

tsukurimashou 8y ago
How is that a problem? Do you think this can't be achieved?
- RosanaAnaDana 8y ago
  >How is that a problem? Do you think this can't be achieved? My brain is aching trying to parse that. Mind restating?
  - stcredzero 8y ago
    One can partly achieve it, thereby falling into an "uncanny valley" of robots which are crappy cleaners, crappy laundry folders, crappy cooks...
    - RosanaAnaDana 8y ago
      Thank you.
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lazyjones 8y ago

> But I'm well aware that, if a robot like that is made, the implications on privacy would be terrible I give it 5 years maximum before Amazon releases an "Alexa" robot that is initially just the same Alexa we all know, just mobile (flying or rolling, or both) with a small arm and able to do a few rudimentary tasks. There is no real loss of privacy to be expected over current Alexa anymore.

stcredzero 8y ago
an "Alexa" robot that is initially just the same Alexa we all know, just mobile (flying or rolling, or both) with a small arm and able to do a few rudimentary tasks. "Alexa, get me a beer!" Actually, a device or a couple of combined devices which could enable that gracefully might sell pretty well. (Some kind of fridge which can dispense canned beverages as the 2nd device? This could be adapted from vending machines.)
- lazyjones 8y ago
  Even if they just tamper with immobile, non-fragile objects like physical light switches and door openers and if they follow you around as a mobile BT speaker/alexa, such robots would be useful.
  - stcredzero 8y ago
    Even if they just tamper with immobile, non-fragile objects... Like stubborn, sedentary spouses?