“Caregiving is low-paid work that is “women’s work and immigrants’ work,” she said, and often it’s work that many people won’t or can’t do. But robot caregivers could change the quality of life for many elderly or disabled patients, Aronson writes.”
I don’t see this happening anytime soon considering that the Democrats and SEIU would need to figure out how to unionize the robots.
Besides this could be another ‘ATM’ moment for Obama.
Obama, ATMs And Rage Against The Rise Of Machines
In a recent interview, President Barack Obama attempted to explain the structural changes that have led to a stagnant economic recovery. When you go to a bank you use the ATM, you dont go to a bank teller, he said. Or you go to the airport and you use a kiosk instead of checking in at the gate. It seems the rise of the machines is occurring in 2011 after all, just as James Cameron predicted.
via Forbes.com