未来50年虚拟孩子将司空见惯 长得与用户都很像

英国人工智能专家卡特里奥娜·坎贝尔（Catriona Campbell）表示，未来50年，能与用户玩耍、拥抱用户，甚至与用户“长”得很像的虚拟孩子将司空见惯，有助于解决人口过剩问题。这些由计算机生成的虚拟孩子将只存在于元宇宙中。

坎贝尔在一本新书中写道，对人口过剩的担忧将促使社会接受虚拟孩子，“在当前看来，虚拟孩子似乎还有些遥远，但未来50年的技术进步，将使存在于元宇宙中的虚拟孩子与现实世界的孩子几无区别。随着元宇宙技术的发展，在大多数发达国家，虚拟孩子将成为社会的一部分”。

虚拟孩子将拥有逼真的脸庞和身体，能够识别和回应用户的意图

坎贝尔相信，终有一天人类能用上可以模拟身体接触的高科技手套，这将使人们能像真实的孩子那样给自己的虚拟孩子喂食、玩耍，拥抱他们。

她说，需求是存在的，人们只需每月花费相当低的费用，就可以拥有自己的虚拟孩子。

坎贝尔表示，得益于CGI和先进的机器学习技术，虚拟孩子将拥有逼真的脸庞和身体，在语音识别和人脸追踪技术帮助下，虚拟孩子可以识别他们“父母”的意图，并作出回应。“父母”可以在数字化环境中——例如公园、游泳池或客厅，与他们互动。

“父母”可以选择虚拟孩子生长的速度，与他们对话，倾听他们满足的“哼哼”声和“傻笑”。

Campbell writes in a new book that concerns about overpopulation will prompt society to accept virtual children. "at present, virtual children seem a little far away, but technological advances in the next 50 years." it will make virtual children in meta-universe almost indistinguishable from children in the real world. With the development of meta-universe technology, virtual children will become a part of society in most developed countries.

The virtual child will have a lifelike face and body and will be able to recognize and respond to the user's intentions.

Campbell believes that one day humans will be able to use high-tech gloves that simulate physical contact, which will enable people to feed, play and hug their virtual children like real children.

'There is a need, 'she said.' people can have their own virtual children at a fairly low monthly cost, 'she said.

Campbell said that thanks to CGI and advanced machine learning technology, virtual children will have a lifelike face and body, and with the help of voice recognition and face tracking technology, virtual children will be able to recognize and respond to their "parents" intentions. Parents can interact with them in a digital environment, such as a park, swimming pool or living room.

"parents" can choose the speed at which virtual children grow, talk to them, and listen to their satisfied "hum" and "giggle".