AI Expert Says Soon People Will Raise "Virtual Children" That Cost Less, Are Less Messy

A UK-based artificial intelligence expert argues that we could soon be raising virtual children inside the metaverse.

She refers to these hypothetical offspring as the "Tamagotchi children", a reference to the popular virtual pets from the 1990s.

Campbell argues in her new book that virtual kids could be an answer to overpopulation and limited resources.

She told The Telegraph that virtual babies could solve some of the most pressing issues, including overpopulation.

Campbell believes that a growing population is having a negative effect on the environment.

The world population will start dropping in the second half of the current century according to some recent projections. That has led to some people, including Musk, suggesting that we should consider having more children to avoid a population crunch.

As time goes on, experts have suggested that the environmental footprint of each additional child will decline.

Campbell is still convinced. She predicts that when the metaverse becomes a part of everyday life, we won't think twice about raising babies with artificial intelligence.

Virtual children may seem like a giant leap from where we are now, but within 50 years technology will have advanced to such an extent that babies which exist in the metaverse are indistinguishable from those in the real.

She told The Telegraph that raising the children wouldn't be completely free, but would be available for a small monthly fee.

It is definitely a bold prediction. Will an aging population be interested in raising virtual children in a digital world? It is not outside of the realm of possibility, but we would not hold our breath.

The population problem could be solved byTamagotchi children who don't exist.

Facebook is running out of money.