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AI-powered companion robots could end loneliness in older adults (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 2 years ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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New study reports companion robots with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate loneliness epidemic. Surgeon General says loneliness may be as pernicious as cigarettes.

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[–] ilikekeyboards@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I've already been told by a friend that he spent the whole late evening after work just chilling with chatgpt, paraphrasing, because he was so lonely. Mostly because I was away at work and I couldn't reply

I mean, there must be people out there that would prefer talking to a robot than to a human. The perfect companion, doesn't judge you, you can't be awkward with, you won't have cringe moments because it's just a robot.

The future is just way more grim than we expect