[00:02.06]2 Fifty years ago,

[00:03.33]the futurologists of the day

[00:05.04]were confidently forecasting an outlook

[00:07.18]that was silver,

[00:08.25]shiny and teeming with intelligence robots.

[00:11.82]They imagined the robots of the future

[00:13.92]would not only be able to think for themselves,

[00:16.62]but get on with the housework too.

[00:18.87]But what have we got?

[00:20.66]More time-saving devices and what seems

[00:22.51]like less time.Just how did that happen?

[00:26.50]And absolutely no sign of a helpful house robot

[00:29.46]to mix a perfect Martini at the end

[00:31.51]of a hard day at the cyberface.

[00:34.08]Face it, we haven't even cracked robotic

[00:36.57]vacuum cleaners yet.

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