We still control this technology. We can unplug it. Just down Vassar Street from Tegmark’s office is MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, where robots are aplenty.

Abstract: The main technical challenge in decentralized control of modular and reconfigurable robots (MRRs) with torque sensor is related to the treatment of interconnection terms and friction terms.

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Abstract: Do portrayals of robots in popular films influence older adults' robot anxiety and adoption intentions? Informed by cultivation theory, disposition theory and the technology acceptance model ...