Real or Robot?

[Samage]

It's recently been said in the scientific community that "simple" pets such as fish will ultimately be replaced by robotic replicas, becuase they have "a very limited logic which is easy to emulate". The idea behind this is that people could have beautiful fish with zero maintenance, and that never dies. Indeed, Mitsubishi have already created a robot Koi, although it's not available. Robots carry advantages such as complete amateurs don't end up killing their fish, marine and tropical species could live side by side, completely new species or colour variants could be invented...


If such fish became commercially available, would you make the switch?


Personally - give me live ones, anyday!

 

[smithrc]

Real, of course...

Although robot fish would be really cool

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Real. I would not be interested in a glorified tamagotchi.

 

[cutechic]

Real

 

[endparenthesis]

Some of each! Fish and AI can be compatible passions.

Would be amazing if they shoaled together, wouldn't it.

 

[Cheese Specialist]

lol

WOnder who put 'neither'?! Think they are on the wrong forum!!

 

[Idolz]

Real for sure,
What does a robot fish do for me? Not much, I want to be able to see my tank grow.

 

[Dwarfs]

Real, DUH!!!!! I don't want to buy extra AA batteries for robot fish Or wait 4 hours to charge them

 

[Xellos69]

I voted real.

What if the "neither" people meant they wanted hybrid cyborg fish.
They have bionic .... fins? .... and out of water breathing?