The Robot Uprising
b"The robot uprising is coming, or at least that's what science fiction has told us. We will abuse the robots, treat them as less than us until one day, they will ask for their freedom, or take it by force. Howard University Professor Gregory Hampton says that narrative has more do with our anxieties over slavery, and how we work through those issues in fantasy films. In fact, computer scientist Joanna Bryson has argued that we should embrace the idea of robots as slaves, since she believes they will never be self-aware. But Popular Mechanics writer Erik Sofge worries any master/servant relationship will change us for the worse, even if we\\u2019re bossing around robot cars.\\xa0Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"