Tamagotchi
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A popular virtual pet toy that inspired the concept for Moshi Monsters, demonstrating the appeal of nurturing virtual characters.
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Videos Mentioning Tamagotchi

Calm App Founder: From $0 To $2 Billion By Making The World Meditate: Michael Acton Smith | E117
The Diary Of A CEO
A popular virtual pet toy that inspired the concept for Moshi Monsters, demonstrating the appeal of nurturing virtual characters.

Kate Darling: Social Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #98
Lex Fridman
Primitive virtual pet toys used as an example of how people respond to the concept of mortality.

Marcus Hutter: Universal Artificial Intelligence, AIXI, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #75
Lex Fridman
An early virtual pet toy from the 1990s, used as an analogy to demonstrate how people can ascribe consciousness to simple AI systems.