Skip to comments.
End-of-life chatbot can help you with difficult final decisions
New Scientist ^
| 18 September 2017
| Matt Reynolds
Posted on 09/20/2017 12:58:24 PM PDT by mairdie
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-71 next last
I'm really skeptical about this type of assistance. It seems too close to death panels and encouraging patients to "move along" and make space for the next ones.
1
posted on
09/20/2017 12:58:24 PM PDT
by
mairdie
To: mairdie
A virtual agent that helps people have conversations about their funeral plans, wills and spiritual matters is set to be trialled in Boston over the next two years with people who are terminally ill.An AI to consult on 'spiritual' matters and to help me decide if I should kill myself. What could go wrong?
2
posted on
09/20/2017 1:00:43 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
To: mairdie
3
posted on
09/20/2017 1:02:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: pgkdan
"An AI to consult on 'spiritual' matters and to help me decide if I should kill myself. What could go wrong?"
I'm here to help and I'm listening ...
4
posted on
09/20/2017 1:03:08 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
To: BenLurkin
What’s the image from? I’m not familiar with it.
5
posted on
09/20/2017 1:04:11 PM PDT
by
mairdie
To: BlueLancer
6
posted on
09/20/2017 1:04:44 PM PDT
by
mairdie
To: BlueLancer; null and void
Exactly.
A chat-bot, probably written by an Obamacare-loving limousine liberal. What could possibly go wrong?
7
posted on
09/20/2017 1:05:00 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: mairdie
Soylent Green according to the picture properties
8
posted on
09/20/2017 1:05:09 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
To: mairdie
9
posted on
09/20/2017 1:05:37 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: pgkdan
Not to worry. A simple implant will be provided to notify you of when it is time...
10
posted on
09/20/2017 1:06:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: mairdie
Next we will work on your will. First, would you like to donate 10% of your estate to Chatbot Corp? Uhm...no
You said "no". Would you like it to be 15%?
Uhm...no, I mean...
20%?
I uhm...no...<cough>...
Donation level to Chatbot Corp set to 100%, to verify please make a sound...
No! I mean...I didn't mean to make a sound...<croak>
Thank you, have a good after-life. Noting time of death, and 100% of estate to be donated to Chatbot Corp...
To: mairdie
Maybe nursing homes will soon be mechanized and computerized like some of the fast food places. Someone should write a book about it called, maybe, “Processing Hillary’s Old Girls.”
12
posted on
09/20/2017 1:12:37 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: SaveFerris; mairdie
Soylent Green is made from people.
13
posted on
09/20/2017 1:13:21 PM PDT
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: BenLurkin
To: mairdie
I see this article and all I can think about is a Dalek from Dr. Who screaming ‘EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINAAAATE!’.
15
posted on
09/20/2017 1:19:49 PM PDT
by
LoneStarGI
(Vegetarian: Old Indian word for "BAD HUNTER.")
To: Axenolith
16
posted on
09/20/2017 1:20:18 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: mairdie
I’m at death’s door. I’m seeking info in regards to my final few hours and dayS here on the earth.
And going on a chatbox with some anonymous stranger is an option?
Sad. Very sad.
Death Panel is right.
“Gee, Mr. 2nd. Your private assets and insurance benefits have been exhausted. Leaving only Social Security. But not to worry. I’ve scheduled your funeral and burial for the 16th of next month.”
(END CHAT)
To: mairdie
It would just be my luck to get one that just says “Off yourself, off yourself, off yourself, etc etc etc.
To: mairdie
I am open to conversing with chatbots who can supply before-the-fact winning lottery numbers.
To: SaveFerris
“A chat-bot, probably written by an Obamacare-loving limousine liberal. What could possibly go wrong?”
A limousine liberal might have paid for it, but they don’t create anything. The ones I have known either inherited their wealth or got a crony deal.
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-71 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
