bobcat
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Gradually humans are adapting to, and getting more comfortable with AI and robotics. It won't be long before our children and their children will be sitting in the back seat and piloted by a mechanical driver. Even now, they are proving to be safer than humans at the wheel.
When it comes to AI assisted childcare, we have come a long way from the first baby monitors to ones that you can interface in real time with your child. Now they can do far more like monitor health sigs, detect distress, keep track of diet, sleep patterns, and even entertain the child with stories and soothing methods. For better or worse, 40% of children in the US now have a computer tablet by the time they are two. As soon as robots become more commonplace in the home, they will be helping with child raising and learning the preferred parenting skills from the parents.
In the past, many families had nannies, and sometimes children even had a closer bond with the nanny than the parent, but it was OK because it freed up the mother for work, etc... The nannies knew what the parents' wishes were and used them as guidelines. Babysitters were used as well, and still are to this day. The problem is often encountered as to where to finds a good one, being able to afford one, and having them be available when you need them.
As humans get more comfortable with robotics, whether it be in delicate surgeries, elder care, education, pet sitting, etc..., it's just a matter of time before they will play a role in childcare and being a robot nanny that the parent can interactively monitor from wherever they are. Granted that acceptance won't come with our generation, but I think once they can prove themselves as household assistants and can competently handle childcare tasks, they may become the next gen babysitter. The thing I wonder about though is not just the technology, but the psychological development of the child.
In real time people are getting more comfortable with them, whether it's robotic vacuums, lawn mowers, patrolling the isles in the grocery stores, driving vehicles, or working alongside of them. It will take time for the trust to develop, but I think in time that will happen. Childcare robots are already in the design phase. How that will change society remains to be seen.
When it comes to AI assisted childcare, we have come a long way from the first baby monitors to ones that you can interface in real time with your child. Now they can do far more like monitor health sigs, detect distress, keep track of diet, sleep patterns, and even entertain the child with stories and soothing methods. For better or worse, 40% of children in the US now have a computer tablet by the time they are two. As soon as robots become more commonplace in the home, they will be helping with child raising and learning the preferred parenting skills from the parents.
In the past, many families had nannies, and sometimes children even had a closer bond with the nanny than the parent, but it was OK because it freed up the mother for work, etc... The nannies knew what the parents' wishes were and used them as guidelines. Babysitters were used as well, and still are to this day. The problem is often encountered as to where to finds a good one, being able to afford one, and having them be available when you need them.
As humans get more comfortable with robotics, whether it be in delicate surgeries, elder care, education, pet sitting, etc..., it's just a matter of time before they will play a role in childcare and being a robot nanny that the parent can interactively monitor from wherever they are. Granted that acceptance won't come with our generation, but I think once they can prove themselves as household assistants and can competently handle childcare tasks, they may become the next gen babysitter. The thing I wonder about though is not just the technology, but the psychological development of the child.
In real time people are getting more comfortable with them, whether it's robotic vacuums, lawn mowers, patrolling the isles in the grocery stores, driving vehicles, or working alongside of them. It will take time for the trust to develop, but I think in time that will happen. Childcare robots are already in the design phase. How that will change society remains to be seen.
(Obviously, it's not exact, and a thermometer is eventually needed, but it's a good general indicator.)