Work Of The Future | 3Q: Christine Walley on the evolving perception of robots in the US | 2020 | News

Work of the Future | 3Q: Christine Walley on the evolving perception of robots in the US

Anthropologist touches on the history of tech-related job displacement and explores how other countries approach policies on robots, skills, and learning.

MIT News | MIT Task Force On Work of the Future

November 23, 2020

Christine J. Walley, professor of anthropology at MIT and member of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, explores how robots have often been a symbol for anxiety about artificial intelligence and automation. Walley provides a unique perspective in the recent research brief “Robots as Symbols and Anxiety Over Work Loss.”

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