Forget HAL 9000. Beware: Paro

HAL will soon have his way, as it seems the robots are taking over slowly but surely. In a cool example of how we humans are getting better at enabling robots to emote and display empathy, Paro, a $6,000 baby seal, is one of many robots being used to help soothe the elderly. In fact, it’s very cool to see how we try to program robots to think and feel like we do. It’s not an easy task. Yes, robots can play chess — and beat humans, but seems they can now even win at Jeopardy!, a game requiring much verbal logic…Although he may lead the revolution in taking over the world one day, this seal is damn cute…