Robot + Watson = ?

Someday, will we be working side-by-side with robots? Will robots replace our human workforce? Not yet and not totally, says Tim Hornyak in Even With Watson Brains, Robots Need Practical Skills. His very quotable quote – “What do you get if you take a cute humanoid robot and pair it with one of the world’s best artificial intelligence programs? A smarter humanoid with few practical skills.”

Mr. Hornyak's commentary is in response to Japanese firm SoftBank's plans to add the analytical skills of the perennial Jeopardy-winning favorite, Watson, to its robot Pepper (see Pepper Meets . . .