When can I have a robot butler?

[Randy]

Robots can already serve drinks and carry suitcases. Modern robotics can offer us a “staff” of individually specialised robots: they ready your Amazon orders for delivery, milk your cows, sort your email and ferry you between airport terminals. But a truly “intelligent” robot requires us to crack artificial intelligence. The real question is whether you’d leave a robotic butler alone in the house with your granny. And with Japan aiming to have robotic aides caring for its elderly by 2025, we’re thinking hard about it now.

Thoughts?

 

[Nebulous]

Anyone remember that movie iRobot?



Worried about them turning on us.

 

[Smiley]

Sure, I'll take one, but if he tries to sass me like Niles sasses C.C., he's out.

 

[Nebulous]

Sure, I'll take one, but if he tries to sass me like Niles sasses C.C., he's out.

 

[Smiley]

Wrong Niles, but close.

 

[Nebulous]

Wrong Niles, but close.

Which Niles are you talking about?

 

[Smiley]

The one from The Nanny? This one:

Spoiler

 

[Nebulous]

The one from The Nanny? This one:

Spoiler

We were just talking about him in another thread.