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Elderly living
Widow
Aging at home
Artificial Intelligence – AI
Robotic minder & healthy aging
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Why I wrote Maxine & Ted – For all adults, loneliness and social isolation pose significant dangers to good health and this risk is even more concerning for older people. Seniors who live alone are subject to falls with no one to call for help. With AI technology becoming so advanced, more and more robots are welcomed into homes for companionships and as minders – enabling seniors to remain in their homes much longer. The most amazing thing is that androids are becoming so intelligent that they can be programmed to understand the human heart – designed to recognize emotions, hold conversations, even crack jokes.
MAXINE & TED
Does AI need a kill switch?
When 82 year-old Ted, a widow of ten years, began skipping meals and forgetting to take his pills his son became concerned. As a solution, Adam purchased Maxine, a state of the art android AI, to be his father’s minder, a friend for life, so he could age with renewed purpose.
Ted found himself in a real conundrum. He was a resistor to modern technology which made the very idea outrageous. What was even more concerning, Maxine was a female AI. Ted was certain that his dearly departed Rose would never approve such a thing. The downside was that Adam had threatened thatTed was out of options. Caught between seizing and freezing, Ted kew it was the robot or the old folks’ home where all too many of his friends had gone and were dead within months – having died of complete boredom. His biggest concern was whether he could trust the AI.
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