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Jessica Roy @ The Information · today 08:26 EDT

Do We Want an Age of AI Robopets?

One August morning, Kaarage woke up and took the train from the Japanese countryside into the city. She went to a restaurant and enjoyed a lunch of vegetables and soup, as well as an iced coffee. Afterward, she studied a musical score on her iPad, then went home to relax.

Kaarage is not a person: She’s an internet-beloved Moflin, an AI-powered robopet made by Casio—yes, Casio—who shares a charming, bucolic life with her owner in rural Japan, and I admit that I’ve lately come to enjoy following their peacef

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