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Our pets do not live forever and unfortunately they die
after becoming so close to us.
There are several companies
now producing artificial intelligent
robotic dogs for our much needed
companionship. Within the next
decade or so, they will become
so real you may even forget
they are robots. In fact that
maybe just as well in case you
space out and forget to feed
them. In the movie; “A.I. Artificial
Intelligence” the robotic teddy
bear was a “Super Toy.” In the
movie; “iRobot” the robotic
trucks delivered robotic dogs
and robotic people as friends
and servants of mankind. There
is only one problem with this
scenario for a possible future;
Will we want robotic pets or
will we want cloned pets? Both
options are nearly upon us.
Many Japanese companies are
producing robotic dogs now,
and they are getting smarter
or better equipped with robotic
artificial intelligence each
year. http://people.bath.ac.uk/en1alc/aibo.h4.jpg
But nipping on the heels of
this new artificial intelligence
and in competition to be man’s
bestest buddy, is the latest
exploits of cloning. If your
dog is growing old and weak
you simply clone it and then
the new dog takes over as a
puppy of your current dog when
it dies. In its old age your
faithful dog has a companion
too, a younger version of itself
as a friend. Sounds to Sci-Fi
to you; it shouldn’t. Scientists
in South Korea have successfully
cloned a dog, Afghan hound.
Of course this first issue did
not come without trial and error.
Of course to get Snuppy, the
first cloned dog it took many
years of research and a lot
of tries. S.N.U.P.Py stands
for Seoul National University
Pampered Puppy. It has not been
more than a few years since
the first sheep clone; “Dolly.”
You may not know this but since
Dolly, scientists and researchers
have cloned a cat, goat, cow,
mouse, pig, rabbit, horse, deer,
mule and gaur (a wild ugly ox).
Folks the commercial pet cloning
industry is about to take off.
Right now the cost would be
about $50,000 but researchers
and market analysts predict
that price will come down significantly.
And it better to compete with
the ever increasing viability
of artificial intelligent pet
models, which require no food
and do not leave anything extra
to pick up around the yard.
Think on this.
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