Aging Parenting
Generation after generation aging parents become the responsibility of the following generation. It's the way life is set up to work. However, just taking care of ourselves is a full time job, let alone a parent or other family member that needs assistance in their later years. For most, taking care of an aging parent is an act of love, but for many it's a job they would rather hand over to someone else. Because of the fast, busy and full pace of life, many younger people simply don't have the time to give. It's an understandable position to be in, but fortunately or unfortunately, taking care of one another as we get older is part of being a family and a community.
We need to keep in mind when we are in our 3rd, 4th and 5th decades …show more content…
The four foot mechanical being is even set up to change his own battery and recharge when necessary. The son shows up even less, and the old man learns to love the robot as the son he doesn't have, and names him Arthur. Time passes and the day eventually comes when the father doesn't wake up in the morning. Arthur doesn't detect any signs of life, but goes about the chores he is designed to perform. As the viewer, I found myself feeling sorry for the robot as he obviously knew that he was no longer needed, but nonetheless was operating from a set program. Even so, there was no satisfaction to his efforts as his master was no longer receiving the benefits of his work. The final scene is watching Arthur sitting on the front porch allowing his own battery to run …show more content…
AI for this purpose would have to have a compassionate side. Today the television set is a constant companion for many of our seniors and it could care less about its viewer. The rewards are shallow for the elder viewerHow is compassion and empathy built into a machine? If we look around at some of the applications we use daily, we realize they are intuitive to our needs, so is there much of a leap to enhance the intuition app. to perform like sincere caring? This capability will most likely follow as an enhancement rather than as an initial feature and grow – excuse me for saying – organically, as the machines are refined.
Time will tell as it marches on. As I've mentioned in past articles, by the year 2050, any job done by a human today will be done by a machine in the future Have you ever thought that holding your hand as you take your last breath may be a
We need to keep in mind when we are in our 3rd, 4th and 5th decades …show more content…
The four foot mechanical being is even set up to change his own battery and recharge when necessary. The son shows up even less, and the old man learns to love the robot as the son he doesn't have, and names him Arthur. Time passes and the day eventually comes when the father doesn't wake up in the morning. Arthur doesn't detect any signs of life, but goes about the chores he is designed to perform. As the viewer, I found myself feeling sorry for the robot as he obviously knew that he was no longer needed, but nonetheless was operating from a set program. Even so, there was no satisfaction to his efforts as his master was no longer receiving the benefits of his work. The final scene is watching Arthur sitting on the front porch allowing his own battery to run …show more content…
AI for this purpose would have to have a compassionate side. Today the television set is a constant companion for many of our seniors and it could care less about its viewer. The rewards are shallow for the elder viewerHow is compassion and empathy built into a machine? If we look around at some of the applications we use daily, we realize they are intuitive to our needs, so is there much of a leap to enhance the intuition app. to perform like sincere caring? This capability will most likely follow as an enhancement rather than as an initial feature and grow – excuse me for saying – organically, as the machines are refined.
Time will tell as it marches on. As I've mentioned in past articles, by the year 2050, any job done by a human today will be done by a machine in the future Have you ever thought that holding your hand as you take your last breath may be a