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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·1 day agoI’m assuming it runs on AI and the company has to provide the backend. So yeah, if you purchase something that requires a company’s infrastructure, it can certainly be bricked.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·24 hours agoWhich is why you should only buy stuff that relies on local APIs and on board processing.
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up48·23 hours ago99.99% of the people willing to buy an emotional support robot for their children will have no idea what the words you said even mean.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·23 hours agoI’m confused how a robot even CAN be emotionally supportive. I didn’t even know this was a thing.
minus-squareint_not_found@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoProgrammed emotional support isn’t new. ELIZA was written in 1966 & surprisingly effective given the crudeness of computers at the time
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agoYou should go watch Big Hero 6, then. You’ll get a very good idea of how a robot can be supportive.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·23 hours agoYep, and that’s a shame. There should be some sort of government rating or warning put on stuff like that.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·23 hours agoSelf-hosting makes more sense every day.
I’m assuming it runs on AI and the company has to provide the backend. So yeah, if you purchase something that requires a company’s infrastructure, it can certainly be bricked.
Which is why you should only buy stuff that relies on local APIs and on board processing.
99.99% of the people willing to buy an emotional support robot for their children will have no idea what the words you said even mean.
I’m confused how a robot even CAN be emotionally supportive. I didn’t even know this was a thing.
Programmed emotional support isn’t new. ELIZA was written in 1966 & surprisingly effective given the crudeness of computers at the time
You should go watch Big Hero 6, then. You’ll get a very good idea of how a robot can be supportive.
Yep, and that’s a shame. There should be some sort of government rating or warning put on stuff like that.
Or just a straight-up ban.
Self-hosting makes more sense every day.