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Robot Acceptance Around the World

United Robotics conducted a survey of 8,000 people in the U.S., France, Canada, Italy, and Germany for Euronews Next. Highlights of the results include: 80% fear that overly sentient androids will take human jobs 71% believe they…

A Holodeck to Train Robots

I’m a Trekkie (not a “Trekker,” thank you), so I’m tickled every time I see one of these “Star Trek inspires tech” stories. If you’ve watched TNG (The Next Generation) with the venerable Sir Patrick Stewart serving as captain, the crew…

AI in the Classroom

Despite experts' warnings, the threat of the collapse of our social order, and invective-throwing chatbots, AI use continues at a breakneck pace. It has so many beneficial uses, from extreme weather forecasting to predicting prejudice,…

Amazon Lays Off Hundreds

According to Reuters, Amazon laid off several hundred workers in its AWS cloud computing sales, marketing, global services division, and physical stores technology teams. AWS claims that the cuts resulted from Amazon identifying a few…