Seems to me like if you can make it look realistically human where someone can't readily tell, you are taking the boring route and doing them a disservice by not telling them.
First off, if I know they aren't human, no reason to be embarrassed about the state of my apartment, or to feel guilty about having them cook and clean and basically do all the work around the place.
And if they can be realistically human, they could also be Klingon, an elf, a catgirl, a giant anthropomorphic bunny, or whatever I wanted, and this would undoubtedly be more entertaining...
arcum42 t1_j9vd7ev wrote
Reply to Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human." by Gueulemer
Seems to me like if you can make it look realistically human where someone can't readily tell, you are taking the boring route and doing them a disservice by not telling them.
First off, if I know they aren't human, no reason to be embarrassed about the state of my apartment, or to feel guilty about having them cook and clean and basically do all the work around the place.
And if they can be realistically human, they could also be Klingon, an elf, a catgirl, a giant anthropomorphic bunny, or whatever I wanted, and this would undoubtedly be more entertaining...