The term "robot" and what it represents in our imaginations owes its popularity to the art world, far more than to robotics laboratories. Writers of science fiction, particularly during its golden age ...

Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

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Have you ever felt like you’re living in a badly produced B science fiction movie? I know I do. When I started writing about the dark side of emerging technologies 30 years ago in Digital Mythologies, ...

Are you worried that AI-powered robots are going to steal our jobs and maybe kill us all? You aren’t alone. But it is time to play devil’s advocate with yourself and consider whether the opposite ...

From Black Mirror to Her to Cyberpunk 2077, science fiction reveals that our real threat isn’t killer robots—it’s the corporate systems quietly rewriting what it means to be human. Consider the ...

Remember when robots were just science-fiction fantasies or clunky machines bolted to factory floors? That world is vanishing before our eyes. While you’ve been focused on generative AI and digital ...