You've got a friend in me: sociable robots for older adults in an age of global pandemics
You've got a friend in me: sociable robots for older adults in an age of global pandemics
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DOI：
10.1007/s10676-020-09546-y
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发表时间：
2020-07-16
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Jecker, Nancy S.
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作者：
Jecker, Nancy S.
社交孤立和孤独是对健康的持续威胁，2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行使其变得更糟。在疫情期间，地球仪半数人口被置于严格的物理距离命令之下，许多为老年人服务的长期护理设施进入封锁模式，限制所有访客（包括家庭成员）进入。在大流行出现之前，美国国家科学、工程和医学院2020年的一份报告警告说，社会孤立和孤独对健康的不利影响被低估，特别是在老年人中。社会隔离和孤独可以预测全因死亡率，其比率可以与肥胖和吸烟等临床风险因素相媲美;它们与心理、认知和身体疾病的发生率更高有关。本文提出了一个建议，设计机器人作为同伴和朋友的社会孤立和孤独的老年人在流行病紧急情况和老龄化社会更普遍。“提案”部分提出并为提案辩护。“对反对意见的回复”部分回答了基于强制设计、用机器人取代人类、侵犯隐私和伪造伴侣关系的反对意见。“结论”部分提出，社交机器人为解决流行病期间的社会隔离和孤独提供了一个有希望的途径，并为更广泛的老龄化社会带来了希望。
Social isolation and loneliness are ongoing threats to health made worse by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. During the pandemic, half the globe's population have been placed under strict physical distancing orders and many long-term care facilities serving older adults went into lockdown mode, restricting access to all visitors, including family members. Before the pandemic emerged, a 2020 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report warned of the underappreciated adverse effects of social isolation and loneliness on health, especially among older populations. Social isolation and loneliness predict all-cause mortality at rates that rival clinical risk factors, such as obesity and smoking; they are associated with greater incidence of psychological, cognitive, and physical morbidities. This paper sets forth a proposal to design robots to function as companions and friends for socially isolated and lonely older people during pandemic emergencies and in aging societies more generally. "The proposal" section presents and defends the proposal. The "Replies to objections" section answers objections based on coercive design, replacement of humans with robots, privacy incursions, and counterfeit companionship. The "Conclusion" section submits that sociable robots offer a promising avenue for addressing social isolation and loneliness during pandemics and hold promise for aging societies more broadly.