Social Robots
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
the Knowledge Project 
the a16z Podcast
4 statements about Social Robots, every show
Norena Hertz: AI companions risk conditioning humans to expect submissive friendships
“Moreover, the danger is that we'll get very used to having relationships with essentially servants who do what we want and laugh at our jokes and are much more submissive than any human relationship would be. So whilst I do see it as a cure for loneliness at a…”
Hertz: Optimistic that social robots and virtual assistants can alleviate loneliness
“I'm actually quite optimistic about the role that social robots and virtual assistants will be able to play in alleviating loneliness”
Hertz: AI companions risk conditioning humans to expect submissive relationships
“Moreover, the danger is that we'll get very used to having relationships with essentially servants who do what we want and laugh at our jokes and are much more submissive than any human relationship would be.”
Unfamiliar animal designs help social robot users suspend disbelief more easily
“It's also not trying to be A cat or anything that you would be more intimately familiar with, because no one has actually held a baby seal before. Right. And so it's much easier to suspend your disbelief and just, like, go with it.”