&gt; Japan&#x27;s elderly may soon be conversing with chatbots more often than living people.<p>I&#x27;m not sure that makes sense - don&#x27;t TV and Skype solve that problem just fine? I mean, why would old people talk to robots instead of other old people - unless they want to, that is, but then I&#x27;d guess this trend wouldn&#x27;t (isn&#x27;t) be limited to just old people...