Category: Humanity
AI-powered companionship: Harnessing music and empathetic speech in robots to combat loneliness
Loneliness has a critical impact on the mental health of citizens, particularly among the elderly. Robots capable of perceiving and responding to human emotions can serve as heart-warming companions to help lift the spirits. A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has discovered that the combined power of music and empathetic speech in robots with artificial intelligence (AI) could foster a stronger bond between humans and machines. These findings underscore the importance of a multimodal approach in designing empathetic robots, offering significant implications for their application in health support, elder care, education and beyond.
Baby Brains Categorize The World Months Before They Can Clearly See It
This doesn’t mean babies consciously understand what these things are yet. It means their visual brains already organize what they see in meaningful ways.
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One in Three Young People Hits Their Parents – And Some Keep Doing It Into Their 20s
Roughly 5% still engage in this behavior at age 24, when they have the size and strength to cause serious harm.
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