>>>>>>Lately, I have been seeing more and more types of robots appearing in the science news sites. A few weeks (or so) ago I saw an article showing off the 12 best robots. They all had one common talent; They could dance and sing. Why would anyone spend 100k+ for a machine that has less abilities then a 5 year old? Can it make me a pot of coffee? Can it clean me house? What else can it do but dance and sing?
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>>>>>Same reason they programmed chess playing.
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>>>>OK, but riddle me this, what happens when true AI comes to be?
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>>>Your health insurance skyrockets again, because everyone is now entitled to have not only artificial teeth, lenses, limbs, but intelligence as well.
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>>So we all become cyborgs.
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>Or just find a way around the health racket.

Depends where you draw the line: my father has a pacemaker, I have some metal in my bones and teeth, know women with intra-uterine devices and some with time capsules embedded in arm - not counting those with glasses or altered cornea...