| Why is research and development in artificial | | | | 420,000,000 people by 2025 remaining in the |
| intelligence and robotics so very important | | | | number three most populated country spot, we |
| in the present period? Well because we are | | | | will still have the job shortage issues. |
| about to hit the end of an era as all these | | | | Especially in those industry specialties |
| Baby Boomers retire and leave the work force. | | | | where experience and know how is needed. Who |
| Many will be living well into their 100 year | | | | will run things in our civilization and work |
| birthdays and beyond. These folks will be | | | | our high-tech industries.With a looming issue |
| needing things, services and have demands and | | | | of a 10 Million Job Shortage by 2015, it |
| desires and yet they will not be producing. | | | | maybe time to get busy and start building |
| To make the issues worse industry predicts a | | | | Build Robots Now. Because someone will have |
| job shortage of 10-million people by 2015. Do | | | | to do all this work and they will have to be |
| you doubt these figures?Well you should not | | | | very good at what they do. Can we produce the |
| as there are already severe shortages in | | | | 10 million customized robots to fill these |
| trucking, air traffic controllers, auto | | | | job niches in the future to save our |
| mechanics and so many other industries and | | | | civilization? Consider this in 2006."Lance |
| their sub-sectors. It is going to get worse | | | | Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. |
| and even if the US populations wells to | | | | |