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In reply to the discussion: 'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death [View all]Xyzse
(8,217 posts)The fact that they created this means they DO think about people that end up completely alone in their death bed.
Sure, it would be nice if a care provider would do this instead, but given that, that is not always available, trying to provide whatever comfort they can even at the last moments, even if it is automated shows that they actually think about the loneliness one feels when dying alone.
Yes, it is sad that it would come to that, but what if there really is no one else there? Obviously, the ones that created this thought about that.
What is sad, is that people die alone in their death beds without family and friends. They might be misguided in doing this as a robotic thing(when it is better to have care providers doing it), but that they did this means they think about what it means.
Also, as creepy and sad as people think these types of things are, you also have to realize that in Japan, they have Girlfriend/Wife games, where they have a virtual relationship with an AI. Basically, a glorified version of a tamagochi that acts as their significant other. THAT is even worse...