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The World of Robots in Love and War.

Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues the Americans care about most. Google bought another robotics firm this week. Amazon's predicting home deliveries by drone. The new film Herd depicts a romance with an operating system. Robots are finding their way into workplaces, homes, and popular culture, so it's not hard to imagine. They'll penetrate our

emotional lives as well. The interaction of humans and robots has become a serious study. When

do they help? When do they get in the way? Who's responsible for their actions? Do we need a new

code of ethics for dealing with robots? Today's talking point, a unique memoir about prison life for black Americans

before emancipation. First, here's the news.

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Robots are here to stay in factories and homes from real world battlefields to popular culture.

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