Companion Species 2.0: Aibo’s Extinction Traumatic Event, Cruel Reality

By Karen Asp

Sony has rendered its robotic pet dog “Aibo” obsolete. As The New York Times documentary “A Robotic Dog’s Mortality” shows, this extinction event has traumatized Aibo owners in Japan who are no longer able to repair or replace their beloved pets. A summary posted with the NYT documentary reveals that Sony had introduced Aibo in 1999 with the expectation of widespread adoption.

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