April 26, 2007
He said what?
The Daily Mail ran a story today discussing the potential risks to humans posed by the proliferation of increasingly intelligent and autonomous robots.
While the article is interesting, it's the pungent, U.K.-style prose that cause the reader to do a double-take.
Buried in the article is this passage.
Many experts question the whole idea of building a humanoid robot at all.
As one expert, based in the U.S., told me: "If you just want a servant to cook and look after the garden, there are plenty of Mexicans. Why buy a hugely expensive machine?"
Leave it to the Brits to question the underlying economics of robot proliferation in the most coffee-spewing, keyboard-soaking manner possible.
Posted by Mike Lief at April 26, 2007 10:51 PM
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