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* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 23, 2018  
## [Amazon's Next Secret Project Could Be Robots That Follow You Around](https://time.com/5250356/amazon-home-robots/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Navy Launches First Drone From Aircraft Carrier](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc5ff0ef857ed458/69892d02929fad843cbf0338/gettyimages-168745244.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 9, 2018  
## [A Global Arms Race for Killer Robots Is Transforming the Battlefield](https://time.com/5230567/killer-robots/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 15, 2018  
## [Is YouTube Bad For Us](https://time.com/5201077/is-youtube-bad-for-us/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 26, 2018  
## [Robots Will Be Busy at the Winter Olympics](https://time.com/5120305/robots-will-be-busy-at-the-winter-olympics/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 11, 2017  
## [Your Local Library Also Happens to be a Newsroom](https://time.com/5058691/your-local-library-also-happens-to-be-a-newsroom/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Dec 6, 2017  
## [Better Protein May Be Key to Feeding Billions](https://time.com/5052065/better-protein-may-be-key-to-feeding-billions/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 27, 2017  
## [An Extra Year of High School Can Set Students Up For Success](https://time.com/5037907/an-extra-year-of-high-school-can-set-students-up-for-success/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Oct 6, 2017  
## [How Robots Are Changing the Way You See a Doctor](https://time.com/4967153/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Alice Park
* ![IRAQ-CONFLICT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2994ea208c18c9b7/6988decd656a3fbed3bd1ca1/drone-drones-ai-artificial-intelligence-war-nuclear-weapons-automation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 25, 2017  
## [Why We Must Not Build Automated Weapons of War](https://time.com/4948633/robots-artificial-intelligence-war/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Paul Scharre
* ![FRANCE-ART-MUSEUM-ROBOT-PEPPER](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta43e0c590f34bfac/6988dc040b72e38dcc6ef3e5/robots-artificial-intelligence-jobs.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 4, 2017  
## [How to Keep Robots From Stealing Our Jobs](https://time.com/4923566/robots-artificial-intelligence-jobs/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Conversation  
* ![Knightscope K5 Security Robot At Prudential Center](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd249567c5494b41/6988d611ab6d775c326aeff3/gettyimages-688223544.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 18, 2017  
## [Security Robot Drowns in Fountain to the Internet's Amusement](https://time.com/4862263/security-robot-fountain-knightscope-k5/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![real-life-robocops-china-patrol](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb402601526a8671f/6988ced47cdbac1d3cd587a8/real-life-robocops-china-patrol.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 25, 2017  
## [Real-Life Robocops](https://time.com/4793902/real-life-robocops/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Julia Zorthian
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 19, 2017  
## [Find Out If a Robot Will Take Your Job](https://time.com/4742543/robots-jobs-machines-work/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by David Johnson
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 3, 2017  
## [The Case Against Fish](https://time.com/4722918/the-case-against-fish/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 29, 2017  
## [We Should Educate Incarcerated Juveniles](https://time.com/4716377/we-should-educate-incarcerated-juveniles/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute

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