A "Cambrian Explosion" in Robotics?

Here's a fascinating and revealing analogy. IEEE Spectrum, published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, republishes an article from the current issue of another scholarly publication, the Journal of Economic Perspectives. The title almost says it all: "Is a Cambrian Explosion Coming for Robotics?"

We've expressed skepticism before about what the future of AI really holds (see, for example, "Group Delusions Aside, Sentient Robots Aren't on the Way"). But grant them the...