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A robot as intelligent, attentive and faithful as a dog: not before 2048

“A robot that seems as intelligent, as attentive, and as faithful, as a dog. NET 2048”

Rodney BrooksRoboticist; co-founder of iRobot and Rethink RoboticsSaid · Source: rodneybrooks.com

Context: From Brooks's dated predictions table first published 1 Jan 2018 ("My Dated Predictions"). NET = "no earlier than" (correct if it has not happened before that year); BY = "by that year".

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Our interpretation: correct if no robot is broadly judged as intelligent, attentive and faithful as a dog before 1 Jan 2048.

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Open
Stated probability
None stated
Specificity
1 of 3 (vague or hedged)

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