According to this article, "social robots are intended to help not with physical activities, but with social interactions. They are usually cute, highly expressive and fun to be around. And like all robots, they can be equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) to help them navigate the complex world of humans." The theory behind social robots works something like this: "interacting with a robot that shows curiosity, encourages exploration and seems excited about discovering new things can promote curiosity in children." Now in fairness, I think Goren Gordon is describing what they could look like conceptually, and there's a long distance between where we are and what this article describes. But I think we're at the point that, instead of asking "is this possible?" - since it seems pretty clear to me that it will be - we should be asking instead, "is this what we want?"
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