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A small but revealing care-study detail: in a Japanese trial, the “social robot” eased loneliness—but its personal replies were written by human operators. A device can extend human attention rather than replace it. That matters for Gates’s proposal to reserve some caring roles for people: specify which human act to protect before banning a tool.

“These voice messages were transmitted to trained operators, who crafted empathetic and thoughtful responses tailored to each user.”