Robotic Nation Evidence

This featurette is a piece by Alex Proyas where he describes the movie "I, Robot" as a "documentary of the future":

I, Robot Video

The trailer for the movie is available here:

I, Robot trailer

Several things portrayed here are certain to happen withing the next 30 to 40 years:

• Robots will be able to speak, understand and "think" in ways that are equivalent to human beings.
  
• Robots will be physically superior to humans. I don't know if they will be able to climb up the sides of buildings as shown, but in terms of running, jumping, etc. they will surpass humans.
  
• Robots will be walking among us and taking most "jobs" that we see in public today: loading trash trucks, walking dogs, etc.

However, robots will go much further. Will Smith will not be driving his own car, for example. It is doubtful that cars will even have steering wheels. Robots will be doing all the driving -- humans will be seen as a hazard.

Robots at this level of functionality will also take nearly every job we see in our economy today. See this post for details.