Yesterday I was at the Web Summit in Lisbon which is cancelled on the second day due to a massive storm.
There were lots of robots there. The opening event had several dancing on stage. Visiting the partner and sponsor pavillions, I found many more robots in various places doing little dances, walking around in circles and approaching people for selfies.
To be honest, it was quite boring.
And to my point. I would rather see the robot doing something that is going to actually be useful to humans. Not just a little dance.
Or perhaps they figure it’s a matter of “humanizing” the robot publicly so it will make us humans feel good about them. Or at least some of us.
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