companion robots

also referred to as: companion robot

1 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Boris Soffman · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
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Soffman: Always-on operation is essential to maintain a robot's illusion of life
“If the moment you disconnect the phone, He dies. It kills all illusion of him being alive. But if he's always on and doesn't have that barrier, it completely changes the sort of emotional connection he can build.”
Boris Soffman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:11 a16z Podcast | The IQ and EQ of Robots
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