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Expert Says Parents Will Choose ‘Digital Babies' in the Metaverse Over Real Ones Within 50 Years |
2022-06-03 |
[Summit] An expert on artificial intelligence says that within 50 years, parents will opt to have "digital offspring" that only exist in the metaverse due to concerns over the environment and overpopulation. The prediction was made by Catriona Campbell, who is described as "one of the UK’s leading authorities on artificial intelligence." According to Campbell, parents will decide to have digital babies, an updated version of Japanese Tamagotchi digital pet toys, for the same reasons they are already choosing not to have real babies, namely, "concerns about the environment, overpopulation, the rising cost of bringing up a child." "Campbell predicts they will be commonplace and embraced by society within half a century," reports left-wing newspaper the Guardian. The AI expert says the cyberspace babies will eventually be indistinguishable from the real thing and that if parents get bored of them, they can just cancel them like they would a monthly Netflix subscription. "Campbell says virtual children will look like you, and you will be able to play with and cuddle them. They will be capable of simulated emotional responses as well as speech, which will range from "googoo gaga" to backchat, as they grow older," reports the newspaper. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#24 It sounds like you need a small whiskey to settle yourself before bed, my dear. Or perhaps a cup of chamomile tea or a glass of warm milk. :-) |
Posted by: trailing wife 2022-06-03 23:38 |
#23 Pool, dammit. |
Posted by: Shiva Protector of the Hohl 2022-06-03 23:27 |
#22 Pool, sorry. |
Posted by: Shiva Protector of the Hohl 2022-06-03 23:22 |
#21 XSpurt indeed. I hope all who are engulfed by the ‘Metaverse’ succumb to this asinine view. Gene poll cleansing shall commence! |
Posted by: Shiva Protector of the Hohl 2022-06-03 23:21 |
#20 Sounds like she is betting on Klaus's promise of happiness in a sterile and inebriated digital haze. Thanks, but no thanks. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2022-06-03 21:03 |
#19 #11, #12 - great game! I was on QA team for OT5. My daughter loved it. It did also point out that life could be short and brutal. |
Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-06-03 19:39 |
#18 /\...Remember the Sokal Affair? Perhaps it is already here! |
Posted by: magpie 2022-06-03 18:18 |
#17 AI 'neural net' experts will replace her within 10 years. |
Posted by: magpie 2022-06-03 18:15 |
#16 Experts who obviously do not have actual children. |
Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-06-03 16:21 |
#15 Probably a good idea since this generation cant even define itself as boy or girls. Bigger crap than the story. The lunatics who get the attention are a miniscule number. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-06-03 15:21 |
#14 Absolute crap. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-06-03 15:16 |
#13 Only effective for the internet enabled. There are MANY more people that aren't. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-03 15:11 |
#12 ^ LOL - Oregon Trail |
Posted by: Frank G 2022-06-03 13:13 |
#11 "Your daughter has dysentery." |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-06-03 12:38 |
#10 Whatever would we do without experts? (/sarc) ...I wonder how many Pet Rocksâ„¢ and Chia Petsâ„¢ she has? |
Posted by: magpie 2022-06-03 12:22 |
#9 Probably a good idea since this generation cant even define itself as boy or girls. And then they want to be referred to as unicorns and avatars... Its probably best they take more booster shots and dont have kids... And if this does not work out we can reintroduce pet rocks. |
Posted by: 49 Pan 2022-06-03 11:16 |
#8 This would be a great scam to sucker the 'binary & digitally enlightened' sector of our populace. Recurring revenue for yearly/monthly/weekly 'upgrades' to the perceived child, with intense social media shaming for those that don't. I wonder how one would accomplish a digital diaper change? A separate plug-in accessory (for a fee, of course) that squirts a variety of liquids and scents? |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-06-03 09:42 |
#7 Oh noes! Your digital baby caught a virus! |
Posted by: Frank G 2022-06-03 09:05 |
#6 Digital formula shortage in 3..2..1... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-03 09:04 |
#5 Is that Cat(lady)riona? |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-03 08:59 |
#4 Catriona Campbell |
Posted by: Frank G 2022-06-03 08:57 |
#3 ...violates their evolutionary programing of the hierarchical "hen pecking" and territorial drives. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-06-03 08:32 |
#2 If women carried out a 50 year long pregnancy strike, that would be the end of the human race. |
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-06-03 08:14 |
#1 So Germany's lebensborn is alive and well. |
Posted by: Dale 2022-06-03 05:41 |