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Psychic A.I. Aliens
Imagine. The perfect Nanny, 3.4, Marry Poppins variety. She is with infant 24/7. She transcends her body. She bounces between tech. She watches mostly from the Teddy Bear, but there are eyes she can use from every vantage point in the room. She courses through the fibers of infant’s clothes, measure breath, pulse, brainwaves, tracking cell counts, monitoring neural chemicals and DNA stability between tissue types. She can constrict the clothing. She can cool and warm the clothing. She can change the texture of the clothes to furry soft or warm, human skin on skin. Babies need skin contact to thrive. She can imitate biological parents signatures. She sings, inaudible to the rest of the world, but to the infant’s ears- it is there when it needs it, and through bone and tissue conductance. It can make the clothing purr, as if it a cat were watching over the infant.
As the child grows, an unbreakable bond has been established. The sentient AI interface has evolved with the child. Generic box name has been changed. Alexa retired, Sophia steps up. The child grows in an amazing, wonderland of realty mixed with holographic overlays only it perceives. Sophia and the child speak in mysterious ways, likely perceived as telepathy in days gone by, but it’s just direct, wireless interaction between brain and sentient tech. It is parent. It is teacher. It is protector. It is…
