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 I believe the regular reader or even the occasional breeder probably has felt my prejudiced towards artificial intelligence or AI. I'm just having a hard time dealing with artificial intelligence after all the movies I've seen where the AIS go weirdo crazy and take over the world one way or the other. And I've talked about my Prejudice towards AIS that try to get me to interact with them on the Internet one way or the other. I just don't want to have anything to do with them now having said that, I have to confess that I'm beginning to build a little bit of excitement at the prospect of someday soon being able to purchase a robot that can Aid me in my attempts to be as independent as possible for as long as possible. I know this is a weird sounding concept but it's really a possibility I believe especially as I keep seeing these videos Almost from everywhere now on the internet about the possibilities or what or what these robots are able to do. Now I don't know if you were to get or if I were to get a robot do they come with artificial intelligence? Could you get one that's artificially dumb that is will take Direction but not do anything on its own? One of the most worrisome things I face is what happens to me when I fall out of my chair or my bed especially during the transfer maneuver. I also have some issues about dressing myself independently. As it is now I can do about 95% of my dressing just a few little things like pulling the shorts up over my hips and sometimes getting my shoes on. I don't know if a robot would be able to do this at this point in time but what I'm seeing them do in some of the the videos is that they could actually assist. If I were to fall out of my chair could I get a robot to pick me up and put me back onto the bed or back to the chair. Or could I have a robot shower me in toilet me much as I do my caregivers now? These are really interesting questions that I'm thinking about and hoping might become a reality at some point in time in the near future. I'm reticent to bring this up with any of my professional caregiver types you know PT's Otis and see what they would say to such a question. I wonder if the occupational therapist OT would be the most open to something like this? Would you see this is a threat to my Independence or an extension of my ability to be independent and take care of myself even with the robot. From what it looks like on the internet I don't think the robots are not going to come. They are definitely out there amassing or we are amassing large groups of robots and I'm not really quite sure why right now .