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AI Babysitters Already Exist—What We Learned
Forget speculation—the AI babysitter is already here. Tens of thousands of Chinese families have been using a robot called iPal to watch their kids since 2016. In this episode, we break down what that robot actually did, why it stalled, and what the technology looks like today. We explore the tension between engaging personality and privacy (local models vs. cloud APIs), the real hardware costs of building a prototype, and what MIT's research on child-robot attachment reveals about the risks of simulated care. Plus: the cultural divide between Western and Asian attitudes toward care robots…
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