Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoStartup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refundsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1706arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up173arrow-down2·21 days agoWelcome to the “brand new world” of IOT hardware where you are the product and continued service depends entirely on how you can be monetized.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·21 days agoI’m assuming it runs on AI and the company has to provide the backend. So yeah, if you purchase something that requires a company’s infrastructure, it can certainly be bricked.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·21 days agoWhich is why you should only buy stuff that relies on local APIs and on board processing.
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up55·21 days ago99.99% of the people willing to buy an emotional support robot for their children will have no idea what the words you said even mean.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·21 days agoI’m confused how a robot even CAN be emotionally supportive. I didn’t even know this was a thing.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 days agoYou should go watch Big Hero 6, then. You’ll get a very good idea of how a robot can be supportive.
minus-squareint_not_foundlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoProgrammed emotional support isn’t new. ELIZA was written in 1966 & surprisingly effective given the crudeness of computers at the time
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·21 days agoYep, and that’s a shame. There should be some sort of government rating or warning put on stuff like that.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·21 days agoSelf-hosting makes more sense every day.
Welcome to the “brand new world” of IOT hardware where you are the product and continued service depends entirely on how you can be monetized.
I’m assuming it runs on AI and the company has to provide the backend. So yeah, if you purchase something that requires a company’s infrastructure, it can certainly be bricked.
Which is why you should only buy stuff that relies on local APIs and on board processing.
99.99% of the people willing to buy an emotional support robot for their children will have no idea what the words you said even mean.
I’m confused how a robot even CAN be emotionally supportive. I didn’t even know this was a thing.
You should go watch Big Hero 6, then. You’ll get a very good idea of how a robot can be supportive.
Programmed emotional support isn’t new. ELIZA was written in 1966 & surprisingly effective given the crudeness of computers at the time
Yep, and that’s a shame. There should be some sort of government rating or warning put on stuff like that.
Or just a straight-up ban.
Self-hosting makes more sense every day.