Andres Oppenheimer talked on C-Span the other day about his new book, The Robots Are Coming. He contends that much of what humans do these days will in the future be done by robots.
As an example, he told about a hotel he visited in Japan that had robots doing what humans typically did. Sure enough, there's an article online about such a hotel, quite possibly the one he talked about. See 'Strange' hotel, run by robots, opens near Tokyo; more to come. The clerk behind the counter was a robot disguised as a dinosaur -- hey, it's Japan.
In the meantime, here are a few other things new robots can do:
A Robot Leg Learned to Walk by Itself Without Programming, in a Scarily Short Time;
It’s Hard To Win At Poker Against An Opponent With No Tell; and
Study: Robots Capable Of Developing Prejudice On Their Own. (Gasp! Wait til the social justice warriors hear about that one!)
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2:08 PM 7/14/2019
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