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While robots have certainly been around for a long enough time doing things like sweeping your floors and even conducting symphonies, up to now they haven't been "human enough" to replace actual people. However, according to a new report from the National Intelligence Council, they should be able to by 2025. The report goes as far as saying that an influx of robo-workers could even "disrupt unskilled labor markets" and occupy jobs currently performed by migrant workers and hapless high school students. Additionally, the report asserts that new technologies could be used to augment human abilities as well as to perform other tasks such as caring for the elderly. Unfortunately, the report had no word on the progress of accompanying synthetic saliva glands for the inevitable robo-waiters, so no need to fret -- yet.[Image courtesy of benefisho]Filed under: Robots
Robots to perform menial tasks by 2025, write for Engadget quite a bit sooner originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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