The Stunningly Obvious Yet Overlooked Case Against Robot Companions

If people want robots that save them time and free them from repetitive tasks, then home robot makers have missed the mark by creating robots that ‘engage’ with you, eating up your valuable time instead of saving it. This is lost on the Technocrat mind. ⁃ TN EditorIt wasn’t a great showing for robots at this year’s CES.
Things got off to a rocky start when CLOi, the ringleader for LG’s new artificial intelligence-equipped appliances, failed repeatedly to