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Rodney Brooks: “The general plan is that humanoid robots will be “plug compatible” with humans and be able to step in and do the manual things that humans do at lower prices and just as well. In my opinion, believing that this will happen any time within decades is pure fantasy thinking. But many are predicting that it will happen in as soon as two years, and the more conservative hypenotists believe it will have significant economic impact within five years.”

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“the general plan is that humanoid robots will be “plug compatible” with humans and be able to step in and do the manual things that humans do at lower prices and just as well. In my opinion, believing that this will happen any time within decades is pure fantasy thinking. But many are predicting that it will happen in as soon as two years, and the more conservative hypenotists believe it will have significant economic impact within five years.”

— Rodney Brooks, rodneybrooks.com, 26.09.2025 ↗

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