Will We Ever Learn to Live with Artificial Humans?
A new member recently joined the Japanese band AKB48. Pop blogs and a magazine cover story introduced Aimi Eguchi as a sweet 16-year-old from a Tokyo suburb. But there was something strange about this new girl.Her incandescent looks and sterling voice won Aimi instant attention and the center spot in a candy ad. Yet questions arose when she appeared in two video spots. Aimi seemed stiff and awkward – not uncomfortable, more like unnatural.
"There was a weird reaction to it," says Zac Bentz, a writer and reviewer for the online music store HearJapan.com. "Within a week or two, people were already saying, 'Well, this doesn't look right.' "
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