I can't quite put my finger on it but there's something--slightly creepy about this AI and hologram. Is it the pushing of the "caring" persona just a bit too much? (versus a helpful persona?) Am I missing something cross culturally?
This is real and available for purchase in Japan.
"Vinyl ('a company that makes crazy things and supports crazy people') is now taking pre-orders from Japan and the United States for a new interactive, artificial-intelligence driven home automation system. Called Gatebox, the new Internet-of-Things product takes Amazon's Alexa, Google Home, Spike Jonze's film Her, and the 'holographic' anime characters of Vocaloid concerts to their unified natural conclusion.' "
From The Verge.
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Mordhausjokingly says...1. It's Japan, they are pretty much all batshit crazy until middle age.
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Fantomasjokingly says...I'll stick with my dakimakura waifu thank you very much.
Should have called it the 'Batebox'.
brycewi19says...Could they not get Joaquin Phoenix to do this commercial?
articianjokingly says...I could have done better...
antjokingly says...What about sex?
JustSayingjokingly says...So...
SkyNet won already?
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