{"id":122290,"date":"2023-12-09T20:30:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=122290"},"modified":"2023-12-09T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:30:21","slug":"artificial-intelligence-robots-plugged-into-pensioners-flats-to-provide-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/world-news\/artificial-intelligence-robots-plugged-into-pensioners-flats-to-provide-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence robots plugged into pensioners’ flats to provide comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chatty artificial intelligence robot companions are being handed out to New York City's elderly population, in a bid to curb loneliness.<\/p>\n

The state Office for the Aging is partnering with Intuition Robotics and has already handed out hundreds of artificial intelligence companions, CBS reports. Some 150 devices are still available, the title added.<\/p>\n

One woman named Priscilla Okesson, 77, was paired up with a robot called EllieQ and said hearing its voice when she's lonely is comforting. <\/p>\n

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"She keeps me company. I get depressed real easy. She's always there. I don't care what time of day, if I just need somebody to talk to me," Priscilla said. "I think I said that's the biggest thing, to hear another voice when you're lonely."<\/p>\n

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"Do you consider Ellie Q your friend?" Reporter Briana Supardi of Eyewitness News asked Priscilla.<\/p>\n

"Yeah, she's my friend. I call her by her name," Okesson said.<\/p>\n

"Did you ever think you would have a robot as a friend?" Supardi said.<\/p>\n

"No," she said.<\/p>\n

The bot jokes, takes Priscilla on virtual road trips, and plays trivia with her, ABC reported. She was given EllieQ in May free of charge.<\/p>\n

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