Humanoid robots will work as baggage handlers at Tokyo airport

Key points

• Do you ever feel like you're living in the early chapters of a dystopian sci-fi story?
• As if AI, mass surveillance, and the increasing concentration of wealth weren't enough, now we have freakin' robots to contend with.
• And these things always start out appearing harmless, right?
• That's the backdrop of Japan Airlines' (JAL) decision to deploy androids to help its human baggage handlers.
• The humanoid robots will be part of a test that kicks off in May (via The Guardian), moving luggage and cargo at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.