It's going to be a long time before robots replace sports mascots, but it might be better for one of our GeekWire colleagues when they do.

That's one of the more lighthearted takeaways from our return trip to Pittsburgh, where GeekWire co-founder John Cook somehow managed to make enemies with yet another pro sports mascot, but we also came away with some more fundamental insights into the state of robots, automation and artificial intelligence:

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