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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw ones that looked like this up in Boston and though the googley eyes are an improvement it still ran my blood cold and scared the crap out of all my kids. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/14/giant-food-stores-will-place-robotic-assistants-inside-locations-company-says/ It inexplicably brought tears to my eyes. Like- it creeped me out/I felt sorry for it/I was scared of it/I[b] felt sorrow for this life that it has[/b]/I felt awful that I hated it. But the LURKING. I CAN'T.[/quote] Humans getting attached to this robot??[/quote] From a psychological perspective, that's why robots are anthropomorphized, to make humans feel pity and develop trust for the robot. It's a bad practice that has all sorts of risks in the future as A.I. and robots improve. [/quote]
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