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		Hizonner on Dec 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI company that made robots for children went bust... If you work on "social robotics", just remember that this one of the least concerning of the corporate abuses that will arise from your work. There is no ethical way to build robots to which humans are meant to, or predictably will, become emotionally attached.

beau_g on Dec 10, 2024 [–]

If you think humans getting emotionally attached to robots is bad, wait til you hear about the type of stuff that stems from humans getting emotionally attached to other humans

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