People’s hopes and fears

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Chapter 7 in The Robot Revolution, 2019, pp 101-116 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter reviews the literature on people’s attitudes to robots in several contexts, including in education and caring. The empirical work is based on Eurobarometer data and focuses on general robot approval, and robots in education, caring, surgery and driverless cars and trucks. The results found attitudes to be polarised, with a substantial number being totally hostile and a smaller number being totally positive. This was for robots in several different contexts and in all EU countries, although some countries were more hostile than others. Regression analysis that approval tended to decline with age, increased with the individual’s level of education and prosperity and was lower for manual workers.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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