The lifelike dolls are meant to teach teenage girls what it’s like to raise an infant, warts and all. The babies, which can run about a thousand dollars apiece, are programmed to cry, scream and sleep. “It’s the very few girls who score really well that you have to look out for. In my experience they’re the ones who go off and get pregnant for real — you’ve accidentally taught them they can cope.”Collins might have been on to something. In fact, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Lancet, putting a robot baby in the hands of a 13- to 15-year-old Australian teen seemed to backfire.

Source: thestar August 26, 2016 19:07 UTC