Robotics: If robots do everything, then what will we do? Will people marry robots in future?

As a journalist, I always try to ask smart questions. But I could not beat the questions that a group of five-year-olds posed to China’s top artificial intelligence (AI) guru, like the ones in the headline of this article.

People pay attention to what Dr Lee Kai-Fu says – lotsof people. Fifty million people in China follow him on social media, which means he has more fans than American talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

What worries Dr Lee is not human-robot marriages, because while a tiny minority of people might want to treat robots as humans, most of us – even children – know the difference between a toy or a pet and a human relationship.

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For the original report of this story: If robots do everything, then what will we do? Will people marry robots in future? - CNA

Technology - Netherlands is working on national robotics program - Hannover Messe April 7 - 11, 2014

The Netherlands is working on a national program to increase the use of robots and automation in industry, the Financieele Dagblad said.

A report entitled Smart Industry and drawn up by the economic affairs ministry, employers' organisation FME and the TNO research institute will be presented at the Hannover Messe trade fair.

The report will form the basis of a more in depth action plan to be finalized later this year.

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