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Do We Really Need Home Robots?

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Do We Really Need Home Robots?
A robot shakes salt over popcorn at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence of the University of Bremen in Bremen, Germany, on March 8, 2017. INGO WAGNER/dpa/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Maybe there was a time—when I was a kid watching “The Jetsons”—when I fantasized about a walking, talking, productive robot in my house. It would do the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, answer the door, walk the dog, dress the kids, make the bed, and so on.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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