I even more sceptical of the “Robotic AI” era than the “AI era”. I previously did smaller (professional) research projects on robotics, and while it’s been a few years, it felt that use cases outside of industrial were completely non viable.

does everyone have their personalized #3 robertson head non-slip screwdriver?

Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.