By Futurist Thomas Frey
The Thought That Stops You Cold
Once robots are in our homes—comforting our children, serving as confidants, becoming trusted companions—parents will face a question that sounds absurd until you think about it for thirty seconds:
Why not let the robot teach them too?
If I had kids and home robots became available, my first thought would be exactly that: I’d homeschool them and let the robot handle the teaching. I spent my life as an entrepreneur. My kids grew up watching that life, absorbing those values through osmosis. A robot could formalize that education, right?
But the moment that thought formed, my wife Deb started asking questions, and a cascade of other questions rushed in—questions that don’t have easy answers and reveal why robot teachers represent something far more complex than automated instruction.
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