Named Robin the Robot, it already seems to be a hit with its young patients — and hospital staff. Some hospitals are using AI to triage patients, including by having a chatbot interview them before they start a virtual telehealth appointment. “Imagine a pure emotional intelligence like WALL-E. We’re trying to create that,” Karén Khachikyan, CEO of Expper Technologies, which built Robin, told the AP. The bot will also recognize and “remember” patients (though how much of this is attributable to human operation is unclear.) It does, however, raise the common criticism of AI models being too sycophantic, constantly validating an interlocutor’s feelings instead of ever challenging them.