There’s only one reason why people want to make robots “humanlike”. It’s sickening.
I shouldn’t have an old lady approach me to help her across a 2 lane + left turn road in Ann Arbor MI because she is afraid she will get hit again.
Human looking robots would be such a dystopian and sad solution to elderly loneliness. They need a third place and access to such in old age.
Where are the Boy Scouts when you need one?
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I mean, to me the entire issue is of mental health, and would ideally be addressed that way, but assuming all else is equal any alternative to a kid being harmed should be preferable no matter how otherwise messed up the thing is in and of itself.