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Who was Aristotle?

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Have you ever wished for the absolute perfect friend? Someone who never gets annoyed, always wants to play your favorite games, and is never, ever too busy for you? Sounds amazing, right! But what if that perfect friend was actually... a robot? Join Mira and Finn on Philosophy is Not Boring as they ask a massive question: Could an AI or a machine ever be your true friend? To find the answer, we are traveling back over two thousand years to Ancient Greece to meet a super smart philosopher named Aristotle! Aristotle believed there are three different types of friendship: friendships of utility (when you help each other out), friendships of pleasure (when you just have fun playing together), and complete friendships (when you care about someone for exactly who they are). But where does a robot fit in? If a machine is just programmed to be nice and doesn't actually have its own life to give up to spend time with you, does its kindness even count? Tune in to discover why the messy, slightly annoying parts of having human friends might actually be the greatest thing of all!

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