uhm, we all anthropomorphize our technology but...

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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