Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoStartup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refundsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1713arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.onlinegadgets@lemmit.onlinearstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
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minus-squareint_not_found@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoProgrammed emotional support isn’t new. ELIZA was written in 1966 & surprisingly effective given the crudeness of computers at the time
Programmed emotional support isn’t new. ELIZA was written in 1966 & surprisingly effective given the crudeness of computers at the time