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AI comes alive: From bartenders to surgical aides to puppies, tomorrow’s robots are on their way

Beyond performing tasks, machines will integrate into our social fabric, requiring us to navigate new relationships with technology.

The current generation of robots face three key challenges: processing visual information quickly enough to react in real-time; understanding the subtle cues in human behavior; and adapting to unexpected changes in their environment. In their “ 2025 Technology Vision ” report, the company states: “Over the next decade, we will start to see robots casually and commonly interacting with people, reasoning their way through unplanned tasks, and independently taking actions in any kind of environment.” Their adoption could ease labor shortages in aging societies and improve efficiency in service sectors, but may also provoke debates about job displacement, privacy and human identity in an increasingly automated world.

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