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by abhinavkulkarni 2987 days ago
Robotics. Not humanoids necessarily (I find them creepy to tell you the truth), but the ones that will act in the background making mundane and repetitive tasks easier - garbage collection, cleaning, watering plants, restocking grocery store aisles, further automating industrial tasks, etc.
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Anyone interested in the psychology of why nearly-but-not-quite humanoid machines are creepy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley is a good place to start reading.