The Gadget Guy
Robots like Sophia are merely all talk for the moment
I used to enjoy laughing at those old-fashioned videos portraying our technological future in a posh English accent; pointing and laughing at their ideas of ‘robot nannies’. My favourite science fiction films and TV shows depicted robotic humanoids ranging from the archetypal ‘destroy humanity’ bad boys to friendly comic-sidekick types. They were wildly unlikely, so it suited the fantasy lover in all of us.
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