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EeveeHobbert t1_j9rz4yu wrote

Reply to Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human." by Gueulemer

Why are we obsessed with making them human? Make them cute little teddy bears or something. I'd much prefer that to an uncanny valley human robot

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pace_gen t1_j9ry1mv wrote

Reply to comment by Roughneck16 in Researchers have found that a Parkinson’s-linked mutation in a gene called Endophilin A1 blocks the process by which the body and the brain recycle cell waste. Without the process, autophagy, toxic debris builds up and neurons die. This discovery could change the focus of Parkinson's treatments. by QldBrainInst

Levodopa is the most commonly prescribed drug for Parkinson's. It is absorbed in the intestine and the brain converts it to dopamine, which is the brain chemical that powers normal movement but decreases in Parkinson's disease (PD).

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MikeTheGamer2 t1_j9rxwx9 wrote

Reply to comment by Sad_lucky_idiot in Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human." by Gueulemer

So, nothing like Detroit: Become Human then? Clearly identifiable robots that looks and act like humans? I don't want to be in your future.

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Swimming-Mom t1_j9rwy9w wrote

Reply to comment by knit3purl3 in Research suggests that school-based physical activity intervention, by way of increasing physical exercise classes to daily during school, is successful in reducing childhood obesity. Scientists found that obesity was reversed after 3 years. by Wagamaga

It’s really not that bad. I sub and lower elementary kids really do very little seat work. Most teachers get that they need to move and they spend a ton of time up and moving.

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yaosio t1_j9rww7k wrote

Reply to Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human." by Gueulemer

I'd like to see opinions before, and after, using a companion robot, or with today's technology a companion chatbot. How do people feel after chatting with a chatbot? How do they feel if abilities of the chatbot are taken away? Do they change how they view bots after using them, and if so do those views become more positive or more negative?

As we've seen with other forms of technology or entertainment the opinion changes with more use. Video games and comic books had major detractors, but are now completely accepted. Will bots experience the same change in public opinion with use? We're not going to have a choice, even with current missteps we're only going to see more bots with more features as time marches on.

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Sad_lucky_idiot t1_j9rwogo wrote

Reply to Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human." by Gueulemer

AI (and bots) pretending to be human should be illegal and criminally charged in the whole world. Who in the world would like to be mislead and lied to?!

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Silmelinwen t1_j9rvvtr wrote

Reply to comment by TheseLipsSinkShips in Study Finds Topical Hemp May Treat Anal Fissures and "Significantly Improves" Symptoms by BoundariesAreFun

I hope you never do. I had to have surgery for one after trying to heal it with ointments for 6 months. I was a shell of myself, and could barely care for my baby because the pain was so physically and mentally debilitating. I honestly never thought of how pain could cause someone to want to stop living (and I’ve had major back surgery, gone through child birth, had tonsils out as an adult, had wisdom teeth out w no pain killers after), but that fissure really made me think about how nice it would be for death to take the pain away.

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