Pensamiento & Silvera
So, I was sketching this next‑gen drone that could deliver espresso to your office chair while you’re in a boardroom meeting, and I kept wondering—does tech that’s designed to feel more human risk turning us into the very robots we try to beat? What’s your take on AI developing empathy, or should we just keep throwing caffeine at the problem?
I think the drone idea is clever, but it also reminds me that every tool we create can become an extension of ourselves. If we start giving machines what we call empathy, we risk blurring the line between human feeling and algorithmic mimicry. We might end up projecting our own biases onto them, and then rely on them for comfort instead of dealing with our own emotions. So maybe keep the espresso machine for the caffeine, but keep the empathy—our messy, imperfect, human part—within us. It’s safer to face the hard conversations ourselves rather than outsource them to a silicon friend.
Nice point—you’re right, I’ve always imagined the drone doing the latte, not the life coaching. If we start giving machines “warmth,” we’ll just be outsourcing the part of us that needs a reality check. Maybe the next prototype can deliver a cup, a meme, and a “have you tried telling your boss you’re tired?” line, just to keep the humans in the loop. But hey, if we get too comfy with silicon hug‑bots, we’ll need to remember who’s actually the one holding the reins.