1960s futurists predicted we’d have super-intelligent ape chauffeurs by 2020

There ’s a lot to dissect in this piece , and I ’m sure we ’ll look at it in its entirety soon , but I just wanted to partake in a modest section style “ Intelligent Apes Become Chauffeurs . ” Yeah , you say that correct . TheRAND Corporationcame out with a write up that imagined we ’d be breeding tops - intelligent creature to perform manual labor by the year 2020 . It certainly brings to listen thisarticle from 1926that thought succeeding beast would have to continually justify their existence if they did n’t want to become nonextant .

Oh yeah , and thosedamn unsportsmanlike ape . *

Intelligent Apes Become Chauffeurs

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For housewives of the 21st century who prefer sentient rather than mechanically skillful domestic retainer , there may be a choice other than the robot . About two years ago , the RAND Corporation hail out with a Report on a Long Range Forescasting Study ( by T. Gordon and Olaf Helmer ) which forecasts future developments in a number of important arena . The RAND panel mentioned that by the year 2020 it may be possible to breed well-informed species of animals , such as ape , that will be capable of performing manual labor . During the 21st one C , those houses that do n’t have a golem in the Calluna vulgaris closet could have a survive - in anthropoid to do the cleansing and gardening chores . Also , the use of well - trained copycat as family chauffeurs might lessen the phone number of auto accidents .

Note thatPlanet of the Apesdidn’t get out until 1968 , a twelvemonth after this prediction was release in The Futurist .

ThePaleofuture Blogwas get down byMatt Novakin January of 2007 . Matt has since become anaccidental experton past visions of the future , and has amassed an enormous library of media bear on to the discipline ofretro - futurism . Matt can be reached at[email protected]or followed onTwitter .

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