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People’s hopes and fears

In: The Robot Revolution

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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.

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  • ., 2019. "People’s hopes and fears," Chapters, in: The Robot Revolution, chapter 7, pages 101-116, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. De Schutter, Olivier & Jacobs, Nick & Clément, Chantal, 2020. "A ‘Common Food Policy’ for Europe: How governance reforms can spark a shift to healthy diets and sustainable food systems," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).

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