Rise Of The Machines: Japanese Popstar A Computer Construct

She is the perfect the girl and everyone loves her. Too bad she doesn't exist. In 1994 science fiction author William Gibson published IDORU, a novel about a Japanese Pop star who was actually the holographic creation of a distributed artificial intelligence. Now it seems life has taken a few halting steps towards imitating art. Last week Aimi Eguchi, the newest star of the Japanese band AKB48, was revealed to exist only on the hard drives of her creators.