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		htrp on June 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace... You can buy a robot dog for probably cheaper than an actual dog these days (looking at you unitree)

falcor84 on June 2, 2024 [–]

And that is exactly the setting of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" - where everyone still on Earth is socially expected to take care of at least one animal, but because of being so expensive, there's a black market of robotic animals.

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