 We are five years into the 21st century. When do the robots arrive? In the midpoint of the last century, scientists, futurists, writers, artists, cartoonists, and philosophers began predicting that as early as the 21st century, human sized robots will eventually arrive to "do the dirty work of humanity", to "serve man" by performing arduous, dangerous, unclean, and repetitive tasks, freeing humankind to pursue a life of fulfillment, enlightenment, and leisure.
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