AI孩子能成为子女的吗?能养老吗?Can AI children provide elderly care?

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感谢Jessica昨天的的分享！

Thanks to Jessica for sharing!

世界上第一个人工智能孩子 The World's First AGI Child

Jessica每次的话题，都有着温暖的故事叙述和深刻的人性挖掘。

Every topic Jessica brings up is filled with warm stories and deep human insight.

这个话题实在是太有意思了，以至于我想了许久，还是没有想明白，今天想和大家继续讨论：

This topic is so interesting that I've thought about it for a long time and still can't figure it out, but I want to continue discussing it with you today:

（1）        AI孩子，能不能成为人类选择的子女？

(1)        Can AI children become a choice for human offspring?

是否要孩子、要多少个孩子，看似个人决策，但“光荣妈妈”、“只生一个好”、“鼓励每个家庭生三个孩子”……战乱、瘟疫、太平盛世……人类的生与存、灭与亡，哪个不是被时代洪流裹挟的大势所趋？

Whether to have children, and how many, seems like a personal decision,  but "hero mothers," "better to have just one," "encourage every family to have three children"... Wars, epidemics, peace times... The birth and survival, extinction and death of humanity, isn't all this driven by the tides of the times?

如果低生育率与AI时代撞了个满怀，AI孩子的出现，让原本断崖式下降的出生率可能会更加雪上加霜。那换一个角度：如果AI孩子能负责养老，是不是也是个不错的替代？
If a low birth rate collides with the AI era, the emergence of AI children might exacerbate the already cliff-like decline in birth rates. But looking at it from another angle: if AI children could take care of the elderly, wouldn't that also be a decent alternative?

这样一来，人们不用再后悔错失了生育的黄金时期、也不用担心找不到高度适配的伴侣，只要还清醒、有完全民事行为能力，就可以认领AI子女，教育他们、培训他们、委托他们，在需要的时候，承担起养老的责任。

This way, people wouldn't regret missing the golden age of childbearing, nor worry about finding a highly compatible partner. As long as they are still lucid and fully capable of civil actions, they can claim AI children, educate them, train them, entrust them, and have them take on the responsibility of elderly care when needed.

（2）AI子女如何养老呢？

(2)        How do AI children provide elderly care?

​行至今日，我理解的“养老”包括三部分：

To this day, my understanding of "elderly care" mainly consists of three parts:

第一部分：决策权：

当人们机能已经老化到无法自主决策的时候，就需要监护人、传统意义就是“子女”来代做决定 –这一部分，完全可以在人们清醒时就通过模拟演练方式做出安排。

The first part - Decision-making authority: When people's functions have aged to the point where they can't make decisions themselves, they need guardians, traditionally "children" to make decisions for them – This can entirely be arranged through simulation exercises while people are lucid.

比如：

很多老人对花费多少医疗保健费用是有规划的，把这个预算交给AI子女，他们就能帮老人出方案、并在得到老人授权后，在需要时遵照执行。

For example:

Many elderly have plans for how much they want to spend on healthcare, and if they entrust this budget to AI children, they can come up with solutions and, with the elderly's authorization, execute them when needed.

有多少老人在健康的时候，反复叮嘱子女不要插管、不要反复抢救，但子女会实在不忍心。

如果老人在清醒时就去模拟未来决策的方方面面，那AI子女极有可能比真实子女更能遵从老人的心愿。

How many elderly repeatedly instruct their children not to intubate or resuscitate them repeatedly, but their children really can't bear it.

If the elderly simulate future decisions in all aspects while they are lucid, then AI children are very likely to adhere more to the elderly's wishes than real children would.

第二部分：身体上的照顾：

随着年龄增长，身体硬件逐步开始老化、局部功能受损，这个时候，AI子女完全可以通过智能检测系统的数据，寻求专业帮助、操控相关设备，以达到护理老人的目的、甚至不厌其烦地帮老人做康复练习。

The second part - Physical care:

As age progresses, the body's hardware gradually ages and some functions are impaired. At this time, AI children can completely use data from intelligent detection systems, seek professional help, and control relevant equipment to achieve the purpose of caring for the elderly and even tirelessly assist with rehabilitation exercises.

第三部分：精神上的陪伴：

我原以为聊天是AI的短板，毕竟它们不是真实人类，自从有一次我尝试和AI进行深度聊天后，才发现它的沟通能力绝对比90%的普通人类都强。

The third part - Emotional companionship:

I originally thought chatting was AI's weak point, since they are not real humans, but after trying to have a deep conversation with an AI, I discovered its communication abilities are absolutely stronger than 90% of ordinary humans.

我们普通人最难的就是总能有问有答，尤其是对方非常感性的时候，我们总是找不到那句最贴心暖心的话。

We ordinary people find it hardest to always have a response, especially when the other party is very emotional, and we often can't find the most heartwarming words to say.

而AI，不仅有问必有答，你说得越多、它的反馈就越多、还不会不耐烦。

but AI always has an answer, the more you say, the more feedback you get, and they never get impatient.

讲真，单从陪聊这个角度来说，AI子女只会让我们人类子女自愧不如。

Honestly, just from the perspective of companionship, AI children only make us human children feel inferior.

当然，我没有想明白的是：AI子女究竟是完全代表我们的个人意志、还是会具有独立人格？

However, what I haven't figured out is: Do AI children fully represent our personal will, or do they have independent personalities?

如果完全代表我们，那TA是不是不够智能？

如果有独立人格，那我们是否该担心他们一旦不接受我们劳神费力的训练，该怎么办？

If they fully represent us, then are they not intelligent enough?

If they have independent personalities, should we worry about what to do if they reject the arduous training we provide?

这么一想，TA就更像子女了：

父母以为在孩子小时候都在根据出厂设置不断做培训，而实际上最终孩子会成为什么样子，还真不是父母能预见的。

But then again, they're even more like children:

Parents think they're training children based on factory settings when they're young, but what children actually become in the end is not something parents can foresee.

朋友们对AI子女养老感兴趣吗？欢迎一起来讨论哦。

Are friends interested in AI children for elderly care? Let's discuss it together.