The robots are coming - or are they? - Aspect Blogs

Whenever people get asked to come up with their vision of the future, a few themes crop up again and again. Flying cars, hoverboards (the real kind, not the wheeled, self-righting ones that don't hover and occasionally burst into flames) and virtual reality are all popular ideas. But what people really seem to want is functioning robots. We've had a fascination with artificial intelligence since the earliest days of computing, which shows no sign of going away any time soon, if HBO's new big-budget show Westworld is any indication. But in fact, this future may be a lot closer than many people realise.