{"id":680244,"date":"2010-03-02T01:25:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T06:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/surrogate-robots-fact--fiction\/14330\/"},"modified":"2010-03-02T01:25:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T06:25:16","slug":"surrogate-robots-more-fact-than-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/680244","title":{"rendered":"Surrogate robots: more fact than fiction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/surrogates.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"Bruce Willis in the movie 'Surrogates'. Art imitating life, or vice versa?\"><\/p>\n<p>Gizmag recently took part in a virtual round table with futurist Dr James Canton and prosthetics expert Randall Alley to look at the role robots &#8211; particularly surrogate robots &#8211;  will play in mankind&#8217;s future. The fascinating discussion ranged from the technology itself through to security issues and ethics surrounding the implementation of surrogate robots in our future societies. 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