The robots aren't coming... they're already here

摘要

"The robots are coming!' It's a phrase that has entered common usage not just from post-war sci-fi films and school playgrounds but also with modern-day economists, scientists, humanitarians and engineers among others. Even some politicians seem to understand the significance of the saying. There is little doubt that they are coming, and in many cases they have arrived. A natural response to this is to draw the human brain into perhaps primitive behaviour where, if a potential threat is identified and we don't fully understand it, it's 'fight or flight'.