What Interacting With Robots Might Reveal About Human Nature
The most urgent question for people is not whether machines will take their jobs, but how machines will change the way they behave in society.
Robot panic seems to move in cycles, as new innovations in technology drive fear about machines that will take over our jobs, our lives, and our society—only to collapse as it becomes clear just how far away such omnipotent robots are. Today’s robots can barely walk effectively, much less conquer civilization.
But that doesn’t mean there aren’t good reasons to be nervous. The more pressing problem today is not what
