By 2035, there will be more elderly people than young people in the U.S., leading some to consider whether robots could help make up the shortfall in elder care workers. But Ben Brock Johnson (@TheBrockJohnson), who covers tech for Here & Now, cautions us to not put too much stock in robots for the elderly yet. He joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson to discuss.
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