Futurology

Nice video. I personally think it'll take some time. The shiny advertisement videos often don't tell the whole story. And I think the main prolonging factor will be cost. If a prototype costs (a made up) $400,000 now, but you want to bring it down to $40,000 for a regular person/consumer to buy it, that's bound to take years and years. And I mean even for $40k they need to be a bit more useful than putting things in the fridge, so people start buying them and mass production kicks in in the first place. Plus we don't know how much the technology still needs to improve. If the battery dies after 15mins, that's okay for a tech demo but needs further advances in battery technology for real-world application. Similarly, they might trample your toddler/dog to death or do lots of other expensive mistakes, so I'm not sure whether the AI is ready for use by a consumer. And how much research is needed to get it there. But I'm fairly sure androids are going to happen sooner or later. If the overall situation on our world doesn't worsen substantially ;-)