Lets All Have Robots!
According to a report issued by the United Nations, the use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors and manage other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007 as more and more consumers snap up "smart" machines. According to the report 4.1 million domestic robots will likely be in use by the end of 2007 with vacuum cleaners making up the majority and sales of window-washing and pool-cleaning robots will be likely to grow.
Now maybe I am a little on the cautious side, but the idea of leaving a "robot" in control of a petrol powered, sharp bladed machine seems like a recipe for disaster. And what happens when they accidentally get the chips mixed up at the factory and the robot lawn mower thinks it’s a vacuum cleaner and wants to come inside? As for the idea of a robot pool cleaner, what will become of the rich trophy wives right to a hot Latino pool boy? Perhaps all she could hope for in our robotised future is a hot Latino pool bot?
Of course it doesn’t take a sci-fi novelist to tell us that it won’t be long before this race towards automation will blindly replace the majority of human tasks and endeavors until we are little more than jellified lumps being fed through tubes in front of a high definition tv, and as predicted on the wonderful Futurama, watching robot soapies, android crime shows and computer generated comedy.
Us puny humans don’t stand a chance!
