Technorati: Discussion about “The plot thickens: robot teachers to brainwash your children's children”

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[...] </p> </div> <div class="meta"> <span><abbr class="updated" title="2009-07-20T20:00:00-07:00"> 1 hour ago</abbr></span> in <a href="/web/20090721041703/http://technorati.com/blogs/http%3A%2F%2Ffdefault.com">F-Default</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090721041703/http://technorati.com/blogs/fdefault.com?reactions" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 8</a> </div> </li> <li class="hentry"> <img class="photo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090721041703im_/http://scm-l3.technorati.com/x/static/img/user/icn-emptyuser-24x24.png?1217125054" width="24" height="24" alt="Author unknown"/> <h4><a href="/web/20090721041703/http://technorati.com/posts/fgUI1Sn%2Br0Iv4c2vqEsVwAnY5BKiNRuBVPC19mJcGeg%3D">Robots Could Replace Teachers</a></h4> <a class="url external" rel="bookmark" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090721041703/http://botropolis.com/2009/07/robots-could-replace-teachers/">http://botropolis.com/2009/07/robots-could-replace-teachers/</a> <div class="excerpt entry-content"> <p class="entry-summary"> Odds are looking pretty good that your children and your grandchildren will be taught by a lifelike robot from kindergarten on. 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Can you stomach the truth? If things continue spiraling madly out of control as they are right now, there’s at least a modicum of a chance that your children or grandchildren will greet a lifelike robot when sashaying in for the first day of kindergarten Here is the original: The plot thickens: robot teachers to brainwash your children’s children Related posts: Israeli military develops robot snake for battlefield, children’s nightmares While this is by no means the first time... 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