Bot self-destruction memes are no laughing matter in science fiction.

Journal: Science robotics
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Abstract

Social media waggishly labels bot failure as self-destruction, but sci-fi anticipated the mistreatment of real-world robots.

Authors

  • Robin R Murphy
    Guang-Zhong Yang is the Founding Editor of Science Robotics and a Professor and the Dean of the Institute of Medical Robotics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Email: gzyang@sjtu.edu.cn.