Dingus of The Week: Pivoting to Robots

"Three labor violations in a trench coat"

The 2012 show Barbie and the Dreamhouse lays out a complex vision for AI with the character of Closet. Closet is Barbie’s closet and he (they?) helps Barbie organize her Narnian expanse of fashion. Closet is supposed to be helpful, but as Ken notes in one scene, “How could giving the closet artificial intelligence, complete control over the Dreamhouse, …