Nov 072011
Robots could potentially do plenty of jobs better than humans, but guide dogs can probably sleep soundly tonight knowing that their jobs are secure. Despite Japanese efforts to create a robotic guide dog (is there any function the Japanese won’t hand over to robots?), their creation is too pokey and awkward to be of practical use. And even if they perfect it enough to one day be a viable replacement for a dog, it probably won’t be inclined to snuggle with its master on the sofa.
Complete tangent: whenever guide dogs are mentioned, I can’t help but think of this brilliant Onion article.
