Atificial Intelligence:

[Jonn]

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[Neonatal RRT]

Give this about 10 years. Personal robotic "companions", caregivers, servants will be part of the norm.

I think I get a bit "weirded out" by the animatronics of these things. Personally, I can see my wife and I purchasing a Tesla Optimus bot in about 5-10 years or so, just to help out with taking care of the house, assisting with difficult tasks, etc. The Optimus robot doesn't have a human face. I can deal with that. It's a robot, not an artificial human. The A.I. programming is accelerating exponentially, about 10X or so, every 6 months. Within a year or two they should be able to simply do whatever you ask them to do.

 

[Misty Avich]

There is no way I'm ever going to have companionship with a robot. Animatronics freak me out as it is. It's bad enough when I go to people's houses and they're constantly yelling at alexa to do something. Not a judgement on the people, you understand, I just don't want to be talking to robots myself. I prefer switches and remote controls.

 

[Outdated]

Constant companionship is something I hate the very idea of and I've gone to great lengths to get to a position in life where I can get away without such a thing. The idea of being so desperately lonely that you need a machine that can pretend to be human when there's no other humans around sounds like a form of mental illness to me.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

In all honesty, I think there is a legitimate role here for assisting those with disabilities and/or the elderly. I find now, especially with parents that are in their 70's and 80's and perhaps them living alone in "that house", not being able to care for themselves properly, keeping up with the household chores, cooking meals, shopping, etc. What if they fall and can't get to a phone? Sure, we can pay for a caregiver for them in the house, to stop by, check on them. Sure, we can demand they sell their home, their belongings, and enter into an assisted living facility or nursing home, but the costs of all of that are ridiculously expensive and pretty much demand that all assets be sold off before they qualify. It is such an upheaval in their lives and frankly, they want no part of it. It sucks. OR, for $25,000 (probably less), 1/2 the cost of a new car these days, you can purchase a very capable Optimus robot to be there for them. This is far and away, the cheapest option, and they can stay in their home.

I suggested my wife and I will likely have one, as well. The robot will be the home manager, the security system, the maid, the chef, and if we have plants that need watering while on vacation, pets that need taking care of while we are away traveling, that's going to be a very useful thing.

I agree with others here, I don't need something that is an "artificial human". Be a robot.

 

[Misery]

I prefer switches and remote controls.

Yeah, I agree with this one, sort of.

Like, some things can be much better with the convenience aspect, or just less irritating. When I'm using a phone, any sort of text input interface is usually irritating and slow. I'll gladly take the option to just talk at it and have the words appear.

At a big machine though, I want my keyboard. The lack of it is one reason I dont really like tablets all that much. I didnt learn to type at warp speed to slowly poke at some flat thing with no tactile feedback. Not to mention the clacking sounds, where's the fun in text input without that?

Sure, suffers on the convenience factor a bit... my keyboard is this enormous bulky thing that weighs a lot. But I wouldnt trade it for anything else really.

At the same time though there is something to be said for the experience of walking into a room and dramatically yelling "ALL SYSTEMS ENGAGE!!!" to turn everything on. Or maybe that one's just me.

Granted, I already do things like yell at lamps, so...

 

[Jumpinbare]

As a child, I was terrified of mannequins. I could imagine now stumbling groggy to the bathroom in the middle of the night and encountering a robot.

 

[Trophonius]

If they become cheap enough I may even get one, to try it out. But probably will not work as intended.

 

[MC1Rcat]

I wonder when they will be like Data from Star Trek

 

[Outdated]

A few years back a bloke told me that one day he heard a tinny little electronic voice calling out "Help me, I'm tangled. Help me, I'm tangled.".

At first he thought it was someone playing tricks on him but he followed the voice in to his bedroom. It was coming from under the bed, their little vacuum robot had sucked up part of one of his wife's nightgowns.

 

[FilterFreq]

The idea of being so desperately lonely that you need a machine that can pretend to be human when there's no other humans around sounds like a form of mental illness to me.

Very probable, but I could also see this as a societal shift. Maybe when the world becomes so selfish and cold that they can't really care for another person (which, I think is the biggest problem with most relationships anyway, but those people are the type who can never take a look in the mirror), having a machine that can't get sick of their endless selfishness or teach them how to foster better relationships will be the only possible solution.

The ol' sweep-it-under-the-rug. They'll never have to deal with their problems if they refuse to admit they have one

 

[Jonn]

Give this about 10 years. Personal robotic "companions", caregivers, servants will be part of the norm.

The video I will be presenting suggests the same.

I think I get a bit "weirded out" by the animatronics of these things. Personally, I can see my wife and I purchasing a Tesla Optimus bot in about 5-10 years or so, just to help out with taking care of the house, assisting with difficult tasks, etc.

Well, in 10-15 years I might need a robotic wife as a full-time care-giver, if I live that long.
Sex will probably be off the table, or even in the bedroom, however, so I will need to find a mechanised wife that is comfortable with that.
I am not sure if it will cost extra, or perhaps it may even mean a discount.

BTW:
The robot in the first video would cost $150,000 if stationary, or $175,000 for one with mobility.
It must have been stated in US dollars.
Contact your closest robotic dealership to verify.

The Optimus robot doesn't have a human face. I can deal with that. It's a robot, not an artificial human. The A.I. programming is accelerating exponentially, about 10X or so, every 6 months. Within a year or two they should be able to simply do whatever you ask them to do.

My artificial wife will have a removable face, to keep the romance fresh.
I am sure she will be OK with that.
If not, I will have to contact an AI programmer to provide an addition mod upgrade. <sigh>

He/she/it will absolutely be a registered technician.
I will not take the chance that my wife will go bonkers via a psychotic episode due to dodgy programing.
Believe me, ppl, the extra money would be more than worth while.

Having a spouse is so expensive. <sigh some more>

 

[Judge]

Artificial intelligence is very old. All things which happened before and will happen again. Love this ending...

There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief.....

 

[Jonn]

There is no way I'm ever going to have companionship with a robot. Animatronics freak me out as it is. It's bad enough when I go to people's houses and they're constantly yelling at alexa to do something. Not a judgement on the people, you understand, I just don't want to be talking to robots myself. I prefer switches and remote controls.

That sounds rather robotist to me.

 

[Jonn]

AI is making robots smarter! Does that scare you?​

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[Jumpinbare]

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Nah

 

[Judge]

Ironic that I first learned about this thing called "Asperger's Syndrome" through tv show about some people with some very different ideas. The one that caught my eye wasn't that he was having a passionate relationship with an anatomically correct, life-sized and very expensive doll, but rather his hobby was plastic modeling.

Though a bit later I saw a British tv series called "Humans" which did a good job of explaining the eventual difficulties of artificial intelligence being able to create such robots at the pleasure and convenience of humans. When they got too smart for their own good and became sentient, but on their terms and not their human counterparts.

It doesn't end well.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

MSN

Have you met people?

I am thinking artificial intelligence will far and away surpass us by nearly every metric, probably within the next year or two. The less human decision making, the better. We manage to screw up nearly everything. We are slaves to things like greed, our emotions, and struggle too much with rational decisions. Time to let the machines take over.

 

[Tom]

I think they will continue to advance but contingent upon stable societies. If and when the poop hits the fan I don't believe such expensive R&D will be possible. What they will develop for civilian purposes I don't know, nor does it interest me much. I am sure military applications will continue, drones being the current wave but drones have weaknesses due to having to be remotely controlled (and therefore jammable for instance). A drone or land vehicle/unit that can operate independently (ie AI) would be a logical net step.

 

[Jonn]

Have you met people?

I was just going to say the same to Judge.

We seem to be on the same page, as per usual.
Perhaps you are my sock-puppet account?