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AI slaves: the questionable desire shaping our idea of technological progress

Popular Journal article by Beth Singler

AI slaves: the questionable desire shaping our idea of technological progress, The Conversation (2018)

From high impact Hollywood dystopic accounts such as the infamous Terminator films to public responses to the story of a burger flipping robot being “fired”, the stories we tell ourselves about AI are important. These narratives have an impact on our conception and development of the technology, as well as expressing elements of our unconscious understanding of AI.

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