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Old 10th-April-2008, 02:00 PM
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But the drawback is declining birth rates and a collapsing social infrastructure. 40% of Japan's population will be over 65 in less than fifty years. And according to the Machine Industry Memorial Foundation—a robotics think tank—it is possible that up to 3.5 million jobs in Japan will be filled by robots by 2025.

Think Tank: Greying Japan On Its Way To Robot Majority - Boing Boing Gadgets

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Bet they could do better at school than the current crop of dunderheads created by Blair and his cronies in the UK
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I for one welcome our new robot overlords...
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Does raise an interesting point about the population shrinkage in Japan though.
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Maybe they envisage having 'relations' with them before long

Developing long-term relations with robots
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I for one welcome our new robot overlords...
lmao, get in early before the inevitable....

I can hear their words now "Exterrminate!!, Exterrminate!!"
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