Edward Cramp’s Reviews > Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other > Status Update

Necessity and capacity stirs us to make elder care machinations. These machines need to be pleasing in fulfilling their duties, but are they taking away something that the former, biological caregivers needed. Does the robot steal away a relationship that people need or are better for having.

Never considered the possibility that robots may take over our social roles rather than or in addition to our labor roles. This is a somewhat chilling consideration.

I find it strange that ethics and the potential harm of sociable robots was not thoroughly considered before Kismet and Cog were used in research on children.

When discussing robots, children have moved from philosophers discussing the nature of life to behaviorists concerned with how they are made to feel by them.

Certainly raises questions about what social interaction humans need. Seemingly compassionate robots are certainly fringe on a few fronts.