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Inevitably, now and then, a robot will smack a human (due to error). And a human will smack a robot (due to human nature)

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Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.

Anat Perry on how to decide where an AI or robot can help humans with emotional labor -- and where the machines can't.

Magical thinking comes naturally. But it doesn't inspire trust or self-confidence

Data expert and author Wes Chaar on how to reclaim control over all the intimate information we're now giving away to corporations -- before it's too late

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Care is good. Toxic care is not good.