Science fiction has given us plenty of negative portrayals of robots, from “Ex Machina” to “The Terminator” films. In real life, St. Louis Fed researchers are separating fact from fiction when it comes to automation’s impact on jobs. Science fiction has not been kind to the robot.
For every sympathetic depiction of a robot (remember “WALL-E”?) many more are negative (think “Ex Machina”).
One reason for such dismal depictions may be our own fear that rapid technological advances could overwhelm and possibly replace us — perhaps not in the way Skynet tries to eliminate humanity in “The Terminator” films, but by […]
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