Anybots have had considerable press here on HN. It's an interesting advance, and there has been a great deal of discussion already.

In case you're interested in seeing what people said in the past, and the predictions made then, here are some of the HN items about them:

http://searchyc.com/submissions/anybot?sort=by_date

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=538848 <- 2 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=552929 <- 10 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575394 <- 2 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=629143 <- 2 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=745831 <- 14 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1076157 <- 10 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1357787

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1357896 <- 40 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1388509

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1499582 <- 45 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1506155 <- 3 comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1554166

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1554420

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1557937

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1561736