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Computer Babies: The End Of Human Child Birth Is Here by Emibolt: 9:23pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
The end of child birth is here, as people might not be allowed to make babies in the future. In a bid to control overpopulation. Hence, introduction of Tamagotchi kids, many more methods will be used. You may ask: what are Tamagotchi kids? And how will i have one? Can we stop giving birth to new children? Explained: Who are the Tamagotchi Generation, the digital children of the future? The name comes from the digital pet created by the Japanese toy manufacturer Bandai, which was a global rage in the 1990s and early years of this century. As of last year, more than 80 million Tamagotchi toys had been sold worldwide. A new book has predicted that by the third quarter of this century, parents will have the choice of having digital offspring. Which means that if you are in your teens now, you may look forward to playing with a grandchild who will exist only in the immersive digital world of the metaverse. This will be the ‘Tamagotchi Generation’, says British behavioural psychologist and user experience (UX) professional Catriona Campbell. “Virtual children may seem like a giant leap from where we are now, but within 50 years technology will have advanced to such an extent that babies which exist in the metaverse are indistinct from those in the real world,” Campbell writes. “As the metaverse evolves, I can see virtual children becoming an accepted and fully embraced part of society in much of the developed world.” Why ‘Tamagotchi’ kids? The name comes from the digital pet created by the Japanese toy manufacturer Bandai, which was a global rage in the 1990s and early years of this century. As of last year, more than 80 million Tamagotchi toys had been sold worldwide. The toy is an egg-shaped video game the size of a keychain, which has a screen and buttons. Once the pet is activated, an egg appears on the screen, and hatches into a pet for the player to raise. The pets feel hungry, happy, sick, and want to go to the toilet etc., and the player can care as much or as little for the pet as they desire. What the pet grows up to be depends on how it has been trained and raised by the player. What will the kids look like? Today’s technology is unrecognisable from the time when the Tamagotchi toy was developed, and according to Campbell the virtual children of the future can be built to look like their parents, and will be able to provide a range of emotional responses. This, according to an article in The Guardian, will include speech, “which will range from ‘googoo gaga’ to backchat, as they grow older”. You will have to put on a virtual reality headset to bring the child to life — and a report in The Telegraph quoted Campbell as suggesting that wearing “high-tech gloves able to deliver tactile feedback” while handling the Tamagotchi kid “might reproduce the physical sensations of cuddling, feeding and playing with one’s offspring”. A report in The Mail Online quoted Campbell as saying parents would be able to interact with their digital kids in digital environments such as a park, swimming pool or living room. “They will also be able to choose how quickly the children grow up, if at all, and can share conversations and listen to a baby’s coo and giggle as part of the vision for the futuristic technology,” the Mail Online report said. But what’s wrong with real kids? There is nothing wrong — the Tamagotchis will just be the metaverse version for those who might want them. And the metaverse is seen as the inevitable future of the Internet. However, Campbell has mentioned what she sees as specific advantages to preferring a virtual kid to a real one — among them, the fact that they will cost virtually nothing to bring up, they will consume very little resources in a world that is already bursting at the seams and where the spectre of food shortages looms large, and they will have a tiny environmental footprint from beginning to end. The Telegraph report quoted a 2020 YouGov study into why couples chose not to have children found that nearly 1 in 10 are concerned about overpopulation, and another 10 per cent are worried about the cost of raising a child. “Make no mistake that this development, should it indeed take place, is a technological game-changer which, if managed correctly, could help us solve some of today’s most pressing issues, including overpopulation,” the Mail Online report quoted Campbell as saying. All of this sounds so fantastical and improbable. It may not be. The Internet and mobile phones also sounded like bizarre ideas to many when they were first proposed. Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/everyday-explainers/tamagotchi-generation-digital-children-metaverse-explained-7949478/
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Re: Computer Babies: The End Of Human Child Birth Is Here by MadamExcellency: 9:24pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
Go and rest 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Computer Babies: The End Of Human Child Birth Is Here by Righteousness2(m): 9:29pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
Depravity at its Peak. The World Inhabitants keep imagining and innovating all sorts of abominations and evils Romans 1:28 This Generation is begging for the Wrath of GOD. GOD will destroy Humanity again! 1 Like |
Re: Computer Babies: The End Of Human Child Birth Is Here by Seniorwriter(m): 9:31pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
Interesting years ahead....I'll be gone by then when the world becomes �% Synthetic....Lolz Righteousness2:God is not wicked....and doesn't reason like you as human. Emibolt:You might be made sterile or impotent if you wish to be around when the time comes...the world is been dominated by very weird and sadistic humanoids(can't call them humans) because they lack the right thinking and we emphaty. Be guided. @Seniorwriter 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Computer Babies: The End Of Human Child Birth Is Here by Emibolt: 9:57pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
Seniorwriter: At first the proposed invention seemed funny, until i realized i may be forced not to give birth, as they forced us to take a vaccine and will force us to take their upcoming chips. But God forbid. I go marry chop my wife, born pikin join. |
Re: Computer Babies: The End Of Human Child Birth Is Here by Emibolt: 10:01pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
Righteousness2: Their plans are getting unravelled daily and Africa doesn't seem to be awaken by this happenings 1 Like |
Re: Computer Babies: The End Of Human Child Birth Is Here by Emibolt: 10:10pm On Jun 18, 2022 |
Seniorwriter: let the mods help move this to front page to create awareness. So it will help us, lets born as many children as possible before dey succeed. No room for peace, as they are creating their babies, lets born our own, brothers and sisters. Lets make more babies please, lols. |
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