If you could have a robot at home, what would it do?In the case of the 1985 sitcom Small Wonder, it would be a member of the family named Vicki. But pop culture has more frequently envisioned robots as highly competent helpers, such as Rosey the housekeeper in the Jetsons and the super-savvy AI assistant Jarvis in the Iron Man and Avengers movies.Science fiction writer Joanna Maciejewska captured that sensibility in a pithy post on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this year: “I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so…
