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The Luddite Chronicles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Robots 

Faculty Focus

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Will Asimov’s rules of robotics apply with regard to their potential sentience?

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The Luddite Chronicles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Robots 

Faculty Focus

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Will Asimov’s rules of robotics apply with regard to their potential sentience?

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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Through her open, human connection with her students, she is able to guide them on pathways that may or may not be traditional. Chua, she says, was able to point out to Rabinovich that her curiosity and questions would be a good fit for academia. I remember, she was not like, ‘It’s gonna be ok, buck up!’