THE FUSE

Every time you think you’ve found the dumbest possible use for AI, there’s another publicly listed company already asking you to hold its entire keg of beer. This time, as reported by Mashable, it’s Realbotix, a firm that “designs AI-powered humanoid robots built for meaningful human interaction.” This would also be the Realbotix that was previously known as Tokens.com, a crypto company that has since pivoted to the latest fad, after purchasing sex doll maker Simulacra. Now wholly focused on “ultra-realistic humanoid robots and companionship-based AI,” the latest attention-seeking move is a claim to provide STEM-teaching AI-driven former sexbots to rural schools. I am not making any of this up.