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Robotic Ambassadors on Earth Before robots take over the world, they’ll come bearing gifts like Wi-Fi, VoIP, webcams and... mops As any sci-fi fan will attest, the robots that we welcome into our homes today will eventually develop sentience and plot to take over the world. Only the genre of film or book can dictate whether or not this attempted overthrow will succeed; optimistically, we’ll knock the robots back, shut down Skynet and rebuild the earth. Pessimistically, our children’s children’s children will be enslaved in the energon mines.
With the eventual uprising of robot kind, we have a limited window in which to enjoy our dominion; today’s robots, while they can’t yet fetch a cold one from the fridge or cook dinner (in that order, that’s important), they can clean up after us, guard our homes while we’re at work or traveling or even let us check in on the pets while away.
October 2009 – Toronto – TechKnowMag
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