Re : AI > Artificial Intelligence
We will have to be building something w the brain - behavior modes of an ant before we have the AI that can be called anything like a threat to mankind.
Man is the treat to mankind.
We do that all by our 'smart' selves.
Then we can build up to say a dog or cat 'brain'- lots of hype about AI but a looooong way to go there.
Smart as an octopus ? yeah, when ...
And in the end it my just be one of those idea / thought / memes we used to hold about the Moon being made .. of cheese, religion, warfare, welfare, Daylight savings time, 'going to work', working in a squared space.
Robots in general being another thing.
Japan needs someone, something perhaps to help w the elder and sick, bed bound.
Give them a squeeze -y , comfy plush doll / pet companion and leave the monitoring to the pet ?
Worse things have happened.