Japan's Proposed 30-Year Robot Program

Gallamine writes "A group of Japanese researchers have proposed a Government plan to spend 50 billion yen per year (that's over 400 million $US) for 30 years on developing a robot with capabilities of a 5-year-old. Japan's current economy may prevent the plan from happening, but the interesting point is the parallels to the U.S. Apollo space program, America's attempt to put a man on the moon. While expensive, the benefits to the American population from that program are probably unmeasurable. Perhaps the U.S. Government should consider funding such a program over here?"

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Re:The Goal and the Problems

[Suidae]

If we eliminate the need for manual labor I sure hope we also make birth control manditory. Cuz you know what all those dumb people are going to do when they aren't working 12 hours a day flipping burgers?

Yup, they'll be makin babies.