Most of the predictions of the future have been done by science fiction writers, Hollywood screen writers, and social critics, who either paint a blissful, Gee-whiz future when obedient robot maids and butlers cater to our every whim, or a gruesome, dark dystopia when the machines take over and humanity is enslaved.
But what do the scientists themselves say? What are the views of the people who are actually doing the yeoman’s work of inventing the future in their laboratory?
Source: BBC. Also see “Robot cars race around California”, BBC.