Uploaded June 2009 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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Daniel Dennet seems to think that we won't have conscious humanoid robots soon - since we already have real humans, and there would be no demand - see:

bigthink.com/danieldennett/daniel-dennett-investigates-artificial-intelligence

I think we will see a fair few androids - because we can enslave them, because androids are cool - and because there is already a demand for inanimate humanoid dolls as companions and sex partners in Japan - the home of many of today's robots.