Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Automated Baby Care Is So Wrong

This automated rocking crib creeps me out. Babies need human contact to learn how to be human beings. They can die from lack of touch. I can understand parents' need for relief, but that's what relatives and friends are for. Or do you want children to imprint more on machines than on humans?

O_o Now there is a disturbing idea for a science fiction story: a sentient computer takes over the Earth, and only the old people are bothered by it. The younger generation, raised by machines, feel comforted. Yee eee eee ...
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Re: Thoughts

haikujaguar

February 3 2009, 22:07:07 UTC 12 years ago

You can learn those things pretty quickly.

I think dealing with children is like dealing with the elderly. Everyone should be able to do it in a pinch to help out: we were all kids once, and we'll all be old one day, and it's the least we'd want from the people around us, I imagine. Children and old folks aren't a different species. :)
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Thoughts

ysabetwordsmith

February 3 2009, 22:36:58 UTC 12 years ago

In a pinch, yes. For the long haul, such tasks should go to people who are good at them, and who should be supported in their skills. I'm not much good at caretaking, but I can tell stories and I can listen to people. That helps.

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