Today I sigh a little as I look at how companies are now selling you robots to be companions for your lonely pets that you brought into your home to fix your loneliness...
Oh the irony. Of buying "solutions" to problems we have created ourselves.
And the added irony of how loneliness can be such a big problem in a hyper connected world full of over 8 billion people.
What are we getting wrong?
Where else do you see tech "solutions" applied as a drug that has as many side effects as the problem it is purporting to fix?
Why is it OK to purchase a robot to love a pet you don't have time for yourself? (And even more so, when you consider the parents "hiring" robot nannies to look after their human offspring! Why bring something or someone into your world if you are only going to pay to avoid it? I don't know! But something feels horribly wrong here).
Read more:
Robo friends for your dog :
Robo nannies for your kids : https://www.fluxtrends.com/robot-nannies/
What’s the point?
A case for antinaltalism ?
An AI friend for your lonely pet