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According to an artificial intelligence expert, virtual children who can play with you, hug you and even look like you could help fight overpopulation.
In her book, Catriona Campbell, one of the UK’s leading artificial intelligence experts, predicted that “computer babies” will become commonplace in 50 years, as fears of overpopulation will encourage society to have digital kids.
She said that they would only exist in the immersive digital world known as the “metaverse” and would cost next to nothing to raise as they would require minimal resources. They will be accessed using virtual reality technology so that the user feels as if he is face to face with a child.
“Virtual children may seem like a giant leap in technology,” she writes, “but within 50 years, technology will advance so much that children existing in the metaverse will be indistinguishable from children in the real world.
“As the metaverse evolves, I see virtual children
becoming an accepted and fully accepted part of society in much of the
developed world.”...<<<Read More>>>..