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This product by Jibo came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: guest. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“Anki and Gebo the two companies two amazing companies social robotics companies that have recently been closed down”— guest
The guest here is Kate Darling: A researcher at MIT Media Lab specializing in social robotics and robot ethics. She studies the emotional connections humans form with lifelike machines and how technology intersects with society. MIT researcher Kate Darling explains why we treat robots like living things and what that reveals about human empathy.