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New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
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AP NewsNew York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlashA school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom.Replying to @FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
You really need to see just how bad these things are:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJlxkLawZrw
It’s a slightly animatronic mannequin. They’re so garbage. This is what they brought to CES to show off, like they’re proud of it. Tickle Me Elmo was more life-like.
YouTubeWatch Two Robots Hold a Real Conversation Using Embedded AI | CES 2026
Replying to @NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
Right before the AI boom really started to take off there was a robot "companion" named Moxie that I thought struck exactly the right balance - it was nowhere near the uncanny valley, staying firmly on the cute robot side, and it used a projected cartoon face that was simple but expressive. Unfortunately the company's timing was rather poor, they went out of business right before the AI back end would have been able to make full use of an avatar like this. I'd love to see another version of this approach.
Replying to @FaceDeer@fedia.io
It’s the robot from M3GAN 2.0?
Replying to @Zahille7@lemmy.world
Yup. IIRC they paid the movie's producers for the product placement, and then the company went under before the movie's release date. So it ended up advertising a defunct product. But at least it fit perfectly into the movie's plot.