Robert Shrimsley
Sarah O'Connor
Andrew Hill
John Thornhill
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Managers must prepare for human-robot world
The first duty of executives is to improve their own skills, writes Andrew Hill
Financial services braced for automation
Antiquated practices, from loan applications to collecting data, set for overhaul
Driverless cars: when robots rule the road
Google, Ford and others face regulatory hurdles as they push to take humans out of the driver’s seat
We are unprepared for a robot revolution
A threat to the cognitive capability that sets humans apart
Robots in movies: good, bad, terrifying
From ‘Wall-E’ to ‘Terminator’, films have shaped how we see our future
China’s robot revolution
As Chinese factories replace humans with robots, how will the effects will be felt around the world?
Why robots are coming for US service jobs
Automation threatens millions of positions, from burger-flipping to bank telling
Killer robots create a moral dilemma
Arguments against the use of such machines by armed forces are blurred in the fog of war
How to robot-proof your children’s careers
Experts say a rethink of education is needed to keep humans employed
New wave robots for next great power game
Pentagon invests in AI and autonomy to keep global rivals at bay
Fear of the robots is founded in messy reality
Political context matters in the face of rapid technological change, writes Duncan Weldon
Fears and joys of living with robots
For the first time we will cohabit with an intelligent alien species, writes Illah Nourbakhsh