“Some people think that, inevitably, every robot that does any task is a bad thing for the human race, because it could be taking a job away. But that isn't necessarily true. You can also think of the robot as making a person more productive and enabling people to do things that are currently economically infeasible. But a person plus a robot or a fleet of robots could do things that would be really useful.” PeopleThinkingHumansPersonsDoeWould BeJobsRaceTasksHuman RaceProductivePlusBad ThingsRobotsEnablingTrue You Author:Stuart J. Russell
“"One of the advantages of having laws is the pleasure one may take in breaking them. We here are not children, Mr. Gurgeh." Hamin waved the pipestem round the tables of people. "Rules and laws exist only because we take pleasure in doing what they forbid, but as long as most of the people obey such proscriptions most of the time, they have done their job; blind obedience would imply we are - ha!" - Hamin chuckled and pointed at the drone with the pipe - "no more than robots!"” PeopleMayChildrenLongDoneJobsLawPleasureAdvantageTablesBlindRoundsObedienceRobotsPipeDronesBlind Obedience Author:Iain Banks
“One day robots may even babysit our kids, a job that has always required a human touch.” HumansMayKidsJobsOne DayRobots Author:David Pogue