Robot People and Autopilots

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Robot People and Autopilots

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Jul 14, 2016

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Scott Benjamin comes on the show to talk about two stories. One is about a proposal to give robots electric personhood status. The other, a discussion of Tesla's Autopilot feature. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Jul 14, 2016

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