{"id":1210864,"date":"2023-12-11T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1210864"},"modified":"2023-12-11T19:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T00:00:07","slug":"ai-companion-robot-helps-some-seniors-fight-loneliness-but-others-hate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1210864","title":{"rendered":"AI companion robot helps some seniors fight loneliness, but others hate it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ElliQ6-800x534-1.jpg\" alt=\"ElliQ, an AI companion robot from Intuition Robotics.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ElliQ6-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1709\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> ElliQ, an AI companion robot from Intuition Robotics. (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/elliq.com\/pages\/press\">ElliQ<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Some seniors in New York are successfully combating their loneliness with an AI-powered companion robot named ElliQ\u2014while others called the &#8220;proactive&#8221; device a nag and joked about taking an ax to it.<\/p>\n<p>The home assistant robot, made by Israel-based Intuition Robotics, is offered to New York seniors through a special program through the state&#8217;s Office for the Aging (NYSOFA). Over the past year, NYSOFA has partnered with Intuition Robotics to bring ElliQ to over 800 seniors struggling with loneliness. In a report last week, officials said they had given out hundreds and had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/new-york-partners-with-robotics-company-to-pair-seniors-with-ai-companions\/\">only 150 available devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elliq.com\/\">ElliQ<\/a> includes a tablet and a two-piece lamp-like robot with a head that lights up and rotates to face a speaker. Marketed as powered by &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intuitionrobotics.com\/\">Cognitive AI technology<\/a>,&#8221; it proactively engages in conversations with users, giving them reminders and prompts, such as asking them how they&#8217;re doing, telling them it&#8217;s time to check their blood pressure or take their medicine, and asking if they want to have a video call with family. Speaking with a female voice, the robot is designed to hold human-like conversations, engage in small talk, express empathy, and share humor. It can provide learning and wellness programs, such as audiobooks and relaxation exercises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990239#p3\">Read 9 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990239&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI companion robot helps some seniors fight loneliness, but others hate it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ ElliQ, an AI companion robot from Intuition Robotics. (credit: ElliQ) Some seniors in New York are successfully combating their loneliness with an AI-powered companion robot named ElliQ\u2014while others called the &#8220;proactive&#8221; device a nag and joked about taking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1210864\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1210865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1210864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1210864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1210865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1210864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1210864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1210864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}