https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihiko_Kondo

I sure as hell can't understand waifuism, if I can fantasize I can fantasize about having a whole harem, even a harem big enough that I need a harem to manage my harem. I think I got a Miku plush around the same time he did but it was one of those crap plushes meant for Otaku where the legs don't bend, unlike the plushes meant for girls to play with that you can sit down anywhere.

Also, given the context is the Consumer Electronics Show, critiques like "this is a weird thing to sell" are fair-game, as opposed to only focusing on whatever technological advances were (or weren't) involved in its construction.

> According to Sybran, the Code27 was created with four goals in mind, which were: [...] Someone with a soul [...] Someone who treasures every moment we share, without forgetting a thing.

That's a pretty high bar. I'm very certain that LLMs do not have souls, and some technical limitations (training costs, context windows) will prevent them from incorporating all the moments a consumer might hope to share with them.