I hope I didn't sound terse or angry, I am not. I do understand your emotions. I just really wanted to reassure you are not and will never be, obsolete.

I did watch it. It was interesting but didn't see any AI advances. I did notice that no one asked it something random and off the wall, just really basic small talk. I found it interesting but the face creeped me out. I don't know if robots will ever have a face that completely mimics a human face. I couldn't fall in love with it because I watched this high school educational film.

famous high school educational film.

If you haven't seen that before hopefully it will make you laugh.

I can see how that video triggered your anxieties. There likely will be robots that take over some menial tasks more often in the future. But that is a long way from creating a sentient robot. Training a robot in a narrow scope is one thing, a thinking robot is entirely different and no one has come close. In my opinion we won't simply because we don't really know much about the brain.

Even if your fears come true there will always be things to achieve and to work towards. There is nothing that could ever prevent you from pursuing writing for instance.

Show me a computer program that can write something simple and artistic, like a poem and have that program know it just wrote a valid, good poem that makes sense. It doesn't exist. I mentioned it before, but look how bad spelling and grammar checkers are. Tens of millions of dollars have been invested just to get it to the poor level that they are today. I wish they were better because my grammar sucks.

The people who say it is a matter of when have a financial stake in saying exactly that. I could give you a long list of things that have been hyped over the years but somehow never made it to market.

You seem very articulate and intelligent to me. I think you are quite capable of opening whatever doors you like.

Robotics of one level or another are used today in some surgeries, but they are not replacing surgeons. They assist surgeons, they do not replace them. Take something simpler like phlebotomists. It is difficult for an experienced one to poke me properly on the second try because my veins aren't visible, they have to push around. A robot with that sort of "neurological feeling" would be rather difficult to create, if it is even possible.

I noticed in another thread you were talking about getting help and how you are struggling with it. I know that fear. I always make my pdoc start the conversation because I never know what to say. If you do go, lead with this. It is something that is really bothering you, and it might be a symptom of something specific, but at the very least it will give the therapist a starting point.