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Will robots overtake people by 2045?

Many people have warned that if we aren’t careful with the technology that we have today, robots will eventually rise up and take over the world. It might seem like a far-fetched idea, but the reality is that robots will become more prevalent the further we push into the century.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has even put some cash aside to make sure that we don’t have a robopocalypse, but internet security company Kaspersky Lab is still confident that there will be as many robots on earth by 2045 as there are people.

“Before long it’s likely that the world’s population will include billions of people and billions of robots, with the latter doing almost all of the heavy, routine labour. People will work on improving the software for the robots and the IT industry will be home to companies developing programmes for robots just like they now develop apps for users to download and install,” Kaspersky said in a press statement.

The company’s idea of the future stems from the fact that it was only 30 years ago when the personal computer started to make its way into almost every household. Thirty years from now, things will be very different to what we are used to today. But one thing remains the same now as it will in the future – cyber-criminals.

“It is clear that every year our technologies will get even smarter and the people who work with them will need to keep up. We can certainly be sure that cyber-criminals will continue to make every effort to exploit any new IT advances for their own malicious purposes,” said Alexander Gostev, chief security expert at Kaspersky Lab.

“But whatever our world looks like in 30 years, we should start improving its comfort, safety and well-being now. Technology is just a tool, and it is entirely up to us whether we use it for good or for evil.”

[Source – Kaspersky Lab, Image – CC by 2.0/Mark Strozier]

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