Turns out that it’s just about anybody’s guess:
In the end, nobody knows exactly when a Cambrian explosion in robotics could happen. But some AI researchers have begun looking to past examples of abrupt leaps in technological progress for clues about the future of AI and robots; they’re even paying “research bounties” worth between $50 and $500 for historical examples. Their hope is that a sudden rise of AI won’t catch humanity completely by surprise.
The acceleration in robotics technologies, such as robotic cars, by companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, and Uber is a telling factor that that the likelihood of a “robot Cambrian explosion” may be near. In the end, we hope that our robot overlords will be benevolent…
Source: DiscoverMagazine..com – “What a Robot ‘Cambrian Explosion’ Means”
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