Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook

Robots Will Steal Your Job #8: Social Acceptance

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Technologies that are quite useful and safe do not always achieve widespread social acceptance. In this chapter we explore why that is.

Chapter Index
00:00 | Intro
00:25 | Chapter Begins
11:37 | Outro
References
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    16. Attributions
    • Chapter Text and comment section: Chapter 8: Social Acceptance | Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK
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