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Robots star in ads, but mislead viewers about technology

  • Written by Joelle Renstrom, Lecturer of Rhetoric, Boston University
Robots can't really eat hot dogs.SimpliSafe/YouTube.com

Nowhere is the advance of technology more evident than in the rise of robots and artificial intelligence. From smart devices to self-checkout lanes to Netflix recommendations, robots (the hardware) and AI (the software) are everywhere inside the technology of modern society. They’re...

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