The New AI Hello Barbie Dolls and Sex Dolls: Why People Are Worrying

Talking dolls have come a long way since 1959 when Mattel introduced its popular Chatty Cathy dolls that uttered phrases like "I love you!" and 1962 when the cute, pig-tailed doll Talky Tina in the television Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll" scared the daylights out a poor father Erich when she said, "I'm going to murder you!" (eerily, the same actress, June Foray, was the voice of both Chatty Cathy and Talky Tina). Now, Mattel--collaborating with the artificial intelligence company ToyTalk--...