Hi All
"Humans are wired to anthropomorphize things," said Ben Sawyer, a professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida, in a presentation at the Black Hat security conference here today (Aug. 10). "We're ready to love and fear things that aren't even alive."
Something to think about and starting talking to the younger generation as soon as possible, as it is likely they will grow up with them in their lives.
https://www.scmagazine.com/news/ai-evil-twins-may-already-be-manipulating-human-nature
Regards
Caute_Cautim
The weirdest quote in that article: "When there's a robot uprising, I don't know what the robots will look like," [CEO of Beyond Layer Seven Matthew] Canham said, "but I know they're going to be cute."
Personally I got so irritated by Alexa interrupting conversations that I unplugged it and put it in a sealed storage crate along with all the other tech I've stopped using.