This was the cringiest thing I’ve heard on the AI front, period. Apart from the fact that all but the crappiest LLMs do a better job at faux-conversation than this, foisting such an obnoxious toy on people in aged care would be a form of torture.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/robot-developed-to-work-in-aged-care-homes/104089424
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