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How soon will robots replace our children and pets? By N.L Belardes, ABC23   It was a surreal moment. I stood at Wired Nextfest in the dark lights of the Exhibition Hall near a table lined with robots, computers and people. I’d just watched the life-like Hanson Robotics boy robot twitch its simulated facial muscles and stare wide-eyed into the direction of all the people gathered around.   It was a robot zoo. Or maybe a birthing center like the kind you see in hospitals with large windows so you can peer in and see what life has just created.   As I started to walk away amid the buzz and whirl of sound and sight I heard a woman coo. Sure, there were a lot of parents and kids around, but this was weird. It was like the kind of coo you would hear from someone doting over another person’s baby.   I had a camera with me but I just froze. I couldn’t even take a picture because I thought I might ruin the moment. I suddenly felt like I was...
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