I Heart My Souless Robot

Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Carlos

Courtesy of Wired:

A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable pooch named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at relieving the loneliness of nursing home residents and fostering attachments.

I’ve written about humans getting pretty attached to their robots before, so I have to say this doesn’t much surprise me. But the confirmation for the scientific community is nice.