Hype to get into the press is something that is really annoying about AI and robots. It would be great if people actually understood how most research just does

Hype to get into the press is something that is really annoying about AI and robots. It would be great if people actually understood how most research just doesn't scale into the human analog. This line of research will NOT produce human-like robots that know the subtleties of deceit. We're talking about "robots with light sensors, rings of blue light, and wheels". Ridiculous.