The only reason i wish i had a robot is to program it to assist me in my suicide.
In fact i know you all will think i'm lying or delusional(delusions of grandeur) or trying to show off. But I was thinking of programming a robot to help me sink a boat after i'm unconscious but i guess you can program robots to help you in other kinds of suicide methods. I'm actually a programmer and have programmed in C and C++, arduino etc. so it's not hard at all :
Programming a robot has never been so easy, see how a 13 year old can program simple tasks.
blog.robotiq.com
Believe it or not, I am sure a large % of people here code or code for a living.
Anyways, what you talked about isn't that hard. Just have a drill that turns on when it detects your heart rate slow to a point. Just note that there is a large possibility that you will wake up during the drowning process. Like your body will want to fight to stay alive.
I think you slightly underestimate Googles deep learning AI though. The AI is extremely advanced and easily able to answer such a simple question. The software can rationalize and make decisions beyond human capabilities as well.
Ya, but you're kinda missing my point. Answering questions is ok, but the user needs to feel like there is another person there. The movie Her is a really good example. Not only would the interact need to be flawless when the user is asking questions. The AI needs unprovoked interact with the user.
You can't interact with humans on command. Like you can get them to stop or keep them away if you're busy. But the speak only when you're spoken to doesn't work in real life. In the movie Her, the AI never gotten in the way when the user was busy, and the AI learned from the habits of the user. But the AI did go out of its way to interact with the user unprovoked. Like ask how their day was, talked about random crap, and so on. The same as a spouse would.
Then on top of this, the user must believe the AI cares about the user. Like they believe the AI is more than just a tool. But something that has feelings.
You aren't going to fall in love with Wikipedia. But you might if these other things are in play.
With that being said. I think we are a good 10 years out before we get a hint of this on the consumer level.