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The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted this experiment to be over ...

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 14 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

“Don’t worry,” I said. “It’s just because it’s new. The novelty will wear off. And if it doesn’t, we’ll get rid of it.”

I feel like this belongs in a horror movie

Edit: Jumping Christ

“I’m afraid I’m locking you in a cupboard,” I inform it after it asks if I’m ready for some fun. “Oh no,” it says. “That sounds dark and lonely. But I’ll be here when you open it, ready for snuggles and hugs.”

Also, spoiler for the article: The kid quickly got bored and moved on from the toy because the toy kind of sucks. She is ahead of some tech CEOs I could name.