National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University this last Friday, President Obama joked around saying that part of his job is to “keep an eye on robots”. 

“I just met with folks from some cutting-edge companies and saw some of their inventions here in your National Robotics Engineering Center, but that’s not the only reason I’m here,” the president said. “You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander in chief is to keep an eye on robots. And I’m pleased to report that the robots you manufacture here seem peaceful, at least for now.”

Yeah, I guess it is.  Somehow, years ago, we were frightened with the idea that robots would take over the world and make slaves of us mere humans.  Sure, yeah…

Anyway, it’s good to know that someone is watching out for us, right?