Razer announces AI companion for your real-world desktop
I’m not sure what step of the dystopia this is, but it’s weird.
You know Razer, I’m sure — the computer peripheral company supposedly by and for gamers. I’m using one of their mice right now as I write this, as a matter of fact. Now, it seems, they’re manufacturing the greatest gaming peripheral of all: a friend.
That’s right. You know all that lame “social interaction” stuff that’s at the core of online gaming and, you know, life in general? What if you could outsource all of that to an AI-powered anime girl that lives on your desk and auctions off your data to the highest bidder?
All you had to do was keep making keyboards, guys.
According to Razer, Project AVA is a “Friend for Life that organizes your daily life, consults on professional tasks, and guides you to victory in every game.” When AI companies are leaning on you to outsource even your leisure activities to their wasteful, hateful models, you know things are getting grim. How many steps removed is this from the giant holographic girlfriends of Blade Runner fame?
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(not a gamer, but..) oldoc chumleys guide to modernlife rule #117: you want to *minimize* your daily life connections to corporate web services not maximize it.
I for one welcome our new Giant Holographic Girlfriends.