Week 6 Post

Jibo is a robot that just looks like a little speaker. I do not think it will end up being our robot servant because all Jibo does is take photos, read stories, and order food.  Supposedly, with Jibo, you do not have to even think, using the example of “Eric” ordering food after a long day of work. To me, It looks like a little gadget to waste your money on and then it would not work like you thought it would. The author, Evan Selinger suggests that robot servants will make us worse people. He states that it already happened with Siri because we are now too lazy to check the weather or send a text by ourselves. With the addition of QuickType added about a year ago, Selinger believes that we truly are lazy. I would have to disagree with him, I never use QuickType: It is annoying, never works, and always gives me the wrong words. I type so fast on my phone, that using QuickType would take me longer to send a message rather than just typing it. I agree with Selinger how we always look at the downside of drones and robotic cars, but not really these small robots like Jibo and Siri.