Pets
fromFast Company
1 day agoThe robotics pioneer of Roomba fame is now developing this 4-legged AI-powered robot
A new robotic pet called Familiar aims to replace traditional pets with a lifelike, AI-powered companion that adapts to user habits.
For much of the world, technology has become so intertwined with our day-to-day lives that it influences everything. Our relationships, the care we seek, how we work, what we do to protect ourselves, even the things we choose to learn and when. It would be understandable to read this as a dystopian nightmare conjured up by E.M. Forster or Ernest Cline. Yet, we are on the verge of something fundamentally different. We've caught glimpses of a future that values autonomy, empathy, and individual expertise.