49: Robots

Robots as high-tech labour-saving devices, and as usurpers of human jobs. Robots as distinctly Other and as dangerously indistinguishable from humans. Robots as a means of questioning what it is to be human, and highlighting the ethics behind the creation of artificial life. To help me explore all of this I chatted to a roboticist who also writes about literature, and a literature professor who has worked and published extensively on robotics. Support WTTE by becoming a member of HeadStuff+ For links, references, full transcripts and more head to wttepodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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49: Robots is an episode from Words To That Effect by HeadStuff Podcasts & Conor Reid.

This episode is 35:59 long.

This episode was published on Jan 28, 2021.

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