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  NEWS FROM CYBERSPACE Hi Ho Silver The robots’ favorite streaming video is Botman.   Humanoid robots win all the events at the 2040 Olympics.   To expand their fan base, major league baseball teams are allowed one humanoid robot per team. In the first season, a pitcher named Cyber Young wins 162 games. More humans aged 15-30 marry their AI companions than other humans. Carnival Cruise renames its largest cruise ship the Love Bot. The divorce rate among seniors due to adultery skyrockets, with humanoid caregivers named as the co-respondents. The legal phrase "alienation of affections" takes on a new meaning. The federal government raises new revenue by imposing fees on  autonomous vehicles, called robotaxes. A new, high-paying occupation is created, that of mechanics replacing joints on robots. Most of the mechanics are former orthopedic surgeons. Intel's directors, tired of Intel falling further and further behind Nvidia, fire Intel's entire top management. Man...

All Together Now, Comrades Robot Production and Use in 2024 This is a summary of 2024 statistics from Google AI. Most of the numbers come from the annual report of the International Federation of Robotics. In 2024,  over 542,000 industrial robots were installed globally. This was  a 10% increase from the previous year, with Asia leading installations. China became the largest single market and manufacturer for the first time. China's domestic market share grew to 57%, surpassing foreign suppliers. Other notable trends included a 30% worldwide increase in professional service robot sales and a growing trend in digital twins for robot optimization.   Global Industrial Robot Production and Installation   Global installations:  Installations have been over 500,000 for the last four years, with no trend in growth. Regional dominance:  Asia accounted for 74% of new deployments, with Europe at 16% and the Americas at 9%. Top markets:  China was the largest m...