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In the Robotic Near-Future, Most “Will Live Off Government-Provided Income”
If you think the jobs market and larger economy are bad now, just wait for the future. In the future, virtually everyone you know may be on the dole
Read More »Scientists Are Afraid To Talk About The Robot Apocalypse, And That’s A Problem
Just how realistic is a 'Terminator' scenario? Working roboticists need to indulge the public in sci-fi scenarios. I thought it'd be a cool story to interview academics and robotics professionals about the popular notion of a
Read More »Terminator Robots Becoming a Threat say U.S. Military and United Nations
Ethics is very often the final concern of science, especially where military endeavors are concerned. Drones and robots are finally becoming front page news after a series of warnings from prominent scientists and researchers who
Read More »Robocop To Start Patrolling US Streets This Year?
It sounds like a bad sci-fi movie or an Orwellian Novel about a government gone mad with power; unfortunately, it could be our very near future: Robocops and drones keeping tabs on everyone. A Silicon
Read More »US Army considers replacing thousands of troops with robots
The US Army is considering replacing thousands of soldiers with robots as it deals with sweeping troop cuts. A senior American officer has said he is considering shrinking the size of the Army’s brigade combat
Read More »This crime-predicting robot aims to patrol our streets by 2015
A scene in the 2004 film “I, Robot” involves an army of rogue NS-5 humanoids establishing a curfew and imprisoning the citizens of Chicago, circa 2035, inside their homes. That’s not how Knightscope envisions
Read More »Terminator Robots to Take Over the Battlefield by 2023?
The U.S. military's pursuit of killer robots continues to make the news, despite the concerns of major international human rights groups who have launched a campaign to stop the runaway development of robots for
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