[ExI] China Is Cracking Down on AI Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 8:08 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I'm doubtful that this is the whole reason. Declining birth rates are
> a widespread phenomenon. Economic and cost-of-living problems are
> often suggested.
>

Indeed.  Rather than cracking down, focusing on developing AI child raisers
would probably help quite a bit: take the work off the parents.

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