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minus-squareMaki@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up99·edit-22 days agoIt is just a concept right now. It has not yet delivered any live births. “Despite optimism, experts state that the technology is still far from full implementation.” https://thaitimes.com/a-robot-to-give-birth-the-chinese-announcement-that-shakes-the-world The same proposed robot went viral in 2025 but was entirely fake: https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/pregnancy-robot-from-china-is-fake-but-is-the-technology-behind-it-possible
minus-squareturdas@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up57·edit-22 days agoBoth those links are about the same (fake) robot by Kaiwa Technology.
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 days agoI’m sickened by how many “flawed trials” are going to result out of such a thing before it “succeeds.” Even as a goal, this is so wrong on every level. The stuff of nightmares.
minus-squareCourtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoWell damn, I’ve been seeing variations of this concept for decades, but nobody ever claimed it was “developed”
It is just a concept right now. It has not yet delivered any live births.
“Despite optimism, experts state that the technology is still far from full implementation.” https://thaitimes.com/a-robot-to-give-birth-the-chinese-announcement-that-shakes-the-world
The same proposed robot went viral in 2025 but was entirely fake: https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/pregnancy-robot-from-china-is-fake-but-is-the-technology-behind-it-possible
Both those links are about the same (fake) robot by Kaiwa Technology.
I’m sickened by how many “flawed trials” are going to result out of such a thing before it “succeeds.”
Even as a goal, this is so wrong on every level. The stuff of nightmares.
Well damn, I’ve been seeing variations of this concept for decades, but nobody ever claimed it was “developed”
Generates more clicks I guess 😒