Ryan Knutson

That's a great question.

And it's a topic that I think a lot of people also in China are debating.

I mean, in reality, it's likely to take years.

But also what I noticed when I looked at the humanoids, a lot of them running or doing certain tasks in China was that actually humans are really great.

Like they can do very complicated tasks, their hands.

their legs, their feet in a way that we never imagined how hard it would be for humanoids to do those.

So realizing that it's still going to be years until they can really be useful, really be smart and be able to do tasks that humans would think are quite simple.

While we may be years away from a robot-led economy, or a robot-led Armageddon, China is actively getting its citizens ready for a robot future, whatever it may look like.

Yoko saw firsthand the excitement in children's faces back at that robot mall in Beijing.

The kids particularly liked the dancing robot as well as the robot dogs.

There were three of them, and it's so natural for them just touching the dogs, speaking to them.

By actively buying up these technologies and introducing them, people just get exposed to these kinds of new technology.

And then, you know, they're used to it.

They might adopt it in the future.

They're open to it.

So I think that's one of the effects that the government's approach has.

Like the Chinese people may be more familiar with and open to humanoids and robots, you know, being a part of their daily life.

That's all for today.

Wednesday, April 29th.

To finish off today's credits, here's reporter Ben Fritz, who won trivia during last night's live show in LA.