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69: Digital Babies

Jun 08, 202217 min
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Episode description

How will digital offspring become the next wave?  As life becomes more dystopian and drab people are encouraged to become less 'old fashioned' and more...futuristic? Find out how digital kids are being marketed as something that will be normal in this century and why anyone who opts in is 'saving the world'.

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Source material:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/31/tamagotchi-kids-future-parenthood-virutal-children-metaverse

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/05/31/tamagotchi-like-virtual-children-could-solve-the-worlds-population-problem/

https://qz.com/1940690/are-millennials-really-giving-up-on-children-over-climate-change/

https://www.studyfinds.org/virtual-babies-digital-children-metaverse-catriona-campbell/

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/babyx-ai-learns-toddler-potty-training.html

BabyX videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DycAxNQs2lU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug5iDnLZiUc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwYSTZNJllY




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