[Teralogos News] Atheist Alliance Sues Kindercomp Manufactuer

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Atheist Alliance Sues Kindercomp Manufactuer

 
NEW YORK, United States/Teralogos	May 7, 2101 
 
The Atheist Alliance, a prominent anti-religious advocacy group, has filed a class-action lawsuit against Gemini Volkrobotics, an Australia-based firm which is a primary manufacturer of children's companion cybershells or "kindercomps." 
 
"We've subjected the behavior of Gemini kindercomps to careful analysis," said Atheist Alliance chairman Madrigal Carstairs. "It's clear that these machines are designed to infect children's minds with theist concepts. We're talking about the memetic sabotage of an entire generation of children." 
 
Officials at Gemini Volksrobotics ridiculed the allegations, and vowed to fight the lawsuit aggressively. "Our kindercomps aren't designed to teach children anything but basic social and academic skills," said Gemini CEO John Perrine. "If children encounter religious concepts and ask the kinderkomp AIs to explain them, that's their choice, not ours." 
The Atheist Alliance filed the suit in the federal district court in New York City, where Gemini Volksrobotics maintains its U.S. corporate headquarters. Aside from unspecified monetary damages, the suit asks that Gemini Volksrobotics be ordered to disclose all memetic technologies incorporated into its kindercomp software, and to pay for a replacement AI for any member of the class whose parents or guardian request it. 
 
- filed by Jon F. Zeigler