“Human Uber”

Source:  Peter Marquez / VICE

You might need a pop-up ad from God to convince that there still is a god after reading this. A Japanese researcher has developed a new piece of tech called the ChameleonMask, which is, “a mask-shaped display that shows a remote user’s live face, and a voice channel transmits a remote user’s voice.” The ChameleonMask allows you to have somebody else do whatever it is you can’t be bothered doing yourself, and the service is already being called the “Human Uber.” Is this the end of genuine human companionship as we know it?