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This is the premise of the short story 'The lifecycle of software objects' by Ted Chiang. In that story the employees of the company take it upon themselves to
by fajmccain 2y ago
This is the premise of the short story 'The lifecycle of software objects' by Ted Chiang. In that story the employees of the company take it upon themselves to maintain their human-like pets. If the concept of future AI/robot friends like this 'dying' is of interest to you give this story a read: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7886338-the-lifecycle-of-software-objects https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7886338-the-lifecycle-of...
- riwsky 2y agoBeat me to it!
- 101008 2y agoI came to comment this. It was a weird story, to be honest. Like I didn't know where it was going, but at the same time I couldn't stop reading it. Highly recommended it.
- emmelaich 2y agoand partly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertoys_Last_All_Summer_Long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertoys_Last_All_Summer_Long Made into the film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence
- ahazred8ta 2y agoDitto the shelter for obsolete dinosaur-toys story by Chwedyk (2001) https://www.reddit.com/r/BKCNoSpace/comments/rkkl80/the_measure_of_all_things_by_richard_chwedyk_12/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BKCNoSpace/comments/rkkl80/the_meas...
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- kombookcha 2y agoAlso check out the lovely novel Klara And The Sun, about a solar powered AI robot friend, gifted to a sickly child. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_and_the_Sun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_and_the_Sun