New York City will purchase companion robots for lonely elders

In a recent briefing, the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) reported on the severe health effects of loneliness on older Americans, which are comparable to smoking a packet of cigarettes every day.

However, we should not exaggerate the capabilities of Ellio and its analogues: no even the most perfect humanoid can reproduce live human communication, which is so lacking in lonely old people.