That was about at the beginning of sociable robotics, the creation of machines that pretended to care about you.
And it helps explain why — against all reason — so many of us are willing to talk to machines that seem to care about us.
When you desperately need machines and other people to care for you and keep you alive, there is absolutely no pride left in yourself, and that feeling is shattering.
Once upon a time, Obama was apparently devoted to reining in the influence of money in politics, but after a couple of elections and some time inside the machine, he doesn't seem to care about it at all.
The philosopher Robert Nozick suggested as much in his refutation of ethical hedonism, employing the notion of the "experience machine" to suggest we care about more than our feelings.
"DIRTY LAUNDRY: LOADS OF PROSE" The ongoing reading series in a working laundromat (the presenters offer attendees quarters for the machines, should they care to do a load during the event) presents a night of fiction, with Brenda Janowitz and Alix Strauss.
But it faces steeper challenges than the punchy Mr Dimon or his well-oiled PR machine cares to admit.First, some big crisis-era headaches are still to clear.
While, today, we depend on viewing screens to browse the web's information, machines will care not for display, instead communicating silently and unseen with each other.
These physicians were entrusted with care of the ultrasound machine, gel and supply ordering, ultrasound logbook upkeep, and were taught how upload images from the ultrasound machine to their personal computer.
"The machine doesn't care whether you're from Spain or from Los Angeles," said Brian Early, a referee with the United States Tennis Association.
