THE RISE OF THE KUNG FU ROBOTS: Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration Unveil Our Future Bot Foes (WATCH)

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The threat is very real.

I still remember back in the old 20th century, when we could hardly wait for that brave new world in the future, when robots would be a part of our societies.

But now that the day has come, things feel very different.

Case in point: during the Lunar New Year, China has shown to the world a new generation of robots performing kung fu.

It’s a display of its technological might to impress and frighten the West ...