Older children and adults might like and accept her as an interactive companion. But somewhere in the middle may lie an age group for whom Amazing Amy might be too demanding and, hence, inappropriate. Even smart toys that are less demanding still impose their limits. Still, because you can't turn the interactivity off, save by yanking the batteries, a child can't take them to bed with him or her. There is more to play than just thinking.
Humans do the same thing.
For girls, baby dolls anticipated motherhood, rag doll kits taught girls sewing skills, and expensive china dolls encouraged fashion and care of delicate possessions. There's no denying that computers and some computer-based toys have awesome educational powers. But where reality is an option, a virtual world is at best a pale imitation. Identifying a color on a computer screen is not an equivalent educational experience to mixing that color in your paint box. The best smart toys don't try to supplant nature but enhance it.