I love this opening to Annalee Newitz's great post on Ashley Madison's fembots, because the company's first model sounds like a Second Life avatar:
The developers at Ashley Madison created their first artificial woman sometime in early 2002. Her nickname was Sensuous Kitten, and she is listed as the tenth member of Ashley Madison in the company’s leaked user database. On her profile, she announces: “I’m having trouble with my computer ... send a message!”
Reminds me a bit of SL's relatively recent issues with "flatter bots". In Ashley Madison's case, dealing with female avatars didn't just lead to losing a few Linden Dollars or just your patience, but has had major political and social repercussions around the world.
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