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Re: Is the future here now? Forbes thinks it might be.
How far would "everything" go? I assume that mowing the grass and cooking food would be included. Would we have robots repair and maintain robots? Would we have them design themselves? Would they raise children? Would they run law enforcement? Would they be the judge? I completely agree that technology is useful and that it could in theory do everything. But will society ever trust a robot to be the president and give it all the powers that includes?
Also, as a side note: When people say "the future is here" do you believe that to be a contradiction or a tautology? On one hand, if its here now it is the present. On the other hand, when I say "here" I might mean right next to me in which case the future is always right next to the present so it would be a tautology. Just something to ponder. I think this is a sign I better sleep.
Jason
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