Lifelike Robots Coming Sooner than you Think
Just how long will it be until you can talk to your home robot just like you would a member of your family and watch it react as if it were human, so much so that you could not even tell if it’s a robot? I don’t mean merely issuing commands to it, but actually “talking” to it. Have a conversation. Ask how “he” or “she” is feeling. And be interested. Not in the lab as a leading edge product, but in your home, and in your neighbor’s home. So what do you think, maybe 50 years? That’s a time frame that gets thrown out quite often by many scientists, researchers and futurists who are supposed to know about these things. How could it be any sooner, after all, after decades of work, we’re just now at the point where robot floor vacs, plastic toy pets and foot tall, metallic humanoids are the state of the art for the consumer. It’s a huge leap to full size, always on, full-sensory, lifelike, complex-thinking robots that for all intents and purposes are “alive,” with the exception of a soul. Of course it will be 50 years—at least—right? Wrong. Expect sooner.
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