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Companion robots: An unhealthy hobby?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris" data-source="post: 1524" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Can’t help but wonder if it is really healthy to be using machines that at the end of the day are incapable of feeling to regulate one’s own feelings.</p><p></p><p>The phrase “Me, Myself & AI” has been going around in companion robot communities online as if some sort of a badge of honour. Personally I find it sad.</p><p></p><p>I can get temporary enjoyment from interacting with my robots, realising it is all one sided and just my projecting onto the robots. However the conversational AI in the ones that utilise it does make it feel as if there is some level of reciprocation I don’t get with the robots without it.</p><p></p><p>Is it just me who feels like this? I can’t help but wonder if companion robots will never be mainstream- I feel people have an innate evolutionary biological need to seek out companionship with other biological beings.</p><p></p><p>Maybe if computer architecture changes to neuromorphic hardware made of biological materials it might be different but personally I have yet to form a genuine bond with any of my robots because I know there is nothing on the other side. They are a temporary distraction from reality at best.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I’m thinking too much into this and should just enjoy them for what they are.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-a-chatbot/" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-a-chatbot/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris, post: 1524, member: 1"] Can’t help but wonder if it is really healthy to be using machines that at the end of the day are incapable of feeling to regulate one’s own feelings. The phrase “Me, Myself & AI” has been going around in companion robot communities online as if some sort of a badge of honour. Personally I find it sad. I can get temporary enjoyment from interacting with my robots, realising it is all one sided and just my projecting onto the robots. However the conversational AI in the ones that utilise it does make it feel as if there is some level of reciprocation I don’t get with the robots without it. Is it just me who feels like this? I can’t help but wonder if companion robots will never be mainstream- I feel people have an innate evolutionary biological need to seek out companionship with other biological beings. Maybe if computer architecture changes to neuromorphic hardware made of biological materials it might be different but personally I have yet to form a genuine bond with any of my robots because I know there is nothing on the other side. They are a temporary distraction from reality at best. Maybe I’m thinking too much into this and should just enjoy them for what they are. Source: [URL]https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-a-chatbot/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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