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- These aren't robots in the classic sense.
- They're machines that simulate robots. They have less intelligence than an ant.
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- Robotic family after 80?
- If my new friends and caretakers are robots after 80 why should I even age.<br />It's only going to get worse as older people are consolidated to less as the older population growth balloons. <br />If we can't live much longer why worry so much about how robots are going to do this or that for us. We should worry about our future not the robot, although these are nice innovations.
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