Happy to answer questions starting with
?no Astro did not fall down any stairs
?no Astro was not in our bedroom at night ? https://t.co/lZsIUVcCen

— Carolina Milanesi (She/Her) (@caro_milanesi) October 1, 2021

Great article by @caro_milanesi re her experience with Amazon's Astro. It's interesting that when we initially considered sentient robots - Like R2-D2 or WALL-E we didn't really think about them being "cloud-connected," and sending everything back to HQ.https://t.co/KBAC1PUsHP

— Geoff Glave (@GeoffGlave) October 1, 2021

For two weeks, @caro_milanesi lived with Amazon’s robot. Here’s her report on what she, her husband, and her pets thought about it. https://t.co/9eKkSF1WHq

— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) October 1, 2021

It is indeed fascinating. I do refer to Alexa as she and I think of it as a human for Astro, as I do with all our pets, I refer to it as he but saw it as a pet-like rather human-like because of the shape. Clearly, this is rationalizing after the fact

— Carolina Milanesi (She/Her) (@caro_milanesi) October 1, 2021

A brief thread about stupid robots, and Amazon's latest wonderful opportunity for people to become part of a cynical experiment in surveillance capitalism, brought to you by our late lamented friend Douglas Adams. First, the offending item: https://t.co/9A78vsQSir

— Alex Roddie (@alex_roddie) September 29, 2021

I think the insurmountable distinction between a pet and a robot is their nature away from us. Dogs might miss us, but they would go on doing dog things. What is the nature of a roomba or a Tesla away from us?
They are still, & will always be, closer to a toothbrush than a pet.

— Quentin Hardy (@qhardy) October 1, 2021

I wish Amazon would as much effort into making it easy to buy a pair of shorts to play golf in..... as it does with making a home robot that is basically a terrible mobile phone that follows you around stealing any remaining privacy.https://t.co/qtzqgYaJMn

— Tom Goodwin (@tomfgoodwin) September 30, 2021

So what is it like to have @amazon #Astro moving in with you for two weeks? I share my experience for @FastCompany As an analyst I have plenty to say about the opportunity of #homerobotics but for now, I wanted to share the experience more as a somewhat regular consumer https://t.co/o7dSP7558i

— Carolina Milanesi (She/Her) (@caro_milanesi) October 1, 2021

Astonishing how quickly even an analytic researcher anthropomorphizes electronic objects. The human desire to project ourselves, or to want to be seen, is profound.

— Quentin Hardy (@qhardy) October 1, 2021

Amazon's vision for the future of home security includes drones flying over your roof, outdoor cameras that monitor for possible trespassers and cute robots patrolling indoors. https://t.co/oXQ2iR0Y14

— CNN (@CNN) October 2, 2021

아마존 가정용 로봇 아스트로 2주 사용기

Hands on with Amazon’s Astro home robot https://t.co/DtiAkdUehv

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) October 2, 2021

アマゾンのホームロボットのレビュー記事。https://t.co/TzF7GsyJcW

機能とか性能とかじゃなくて、表とかもいらなくて、新しいテクノロジーがどう生活にどう入ってくるのかの視点で書かれている。

— Samson (@yeesamson) October 2, 2021

Kind of excited to say I know someone who lived, for a little while, with Amazon's Astro robot. Nicely done, @caro_milanesi https://t.co/XvmkdA8WX0

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) October 1, 2021