Why we love robotic dogs, puppets and dolls
- Written by S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Hamilton College
Why are we drawn to tech toys?Ars Electronica, CC BY-NC-NDThere’s a lot of hype around the release of Sony’s latest robotic dog. It’s called “aibo,” and is promoted as using artificial intelligence to respond to people looking at it, talking to it and touching it.
Japanese customers have already bought over 20,000...
