Humans and Our Alarming Fear of Robots

I was standing in line for a tourist attraction in Tokyo when a small robot began addressing the crowd. The robot resembled Rosey from The Jetsons and was meant to amuse people while they waited. It babbled for a while, and then its eyes turned into two pink hearts. “I love everyone,” it announced. “Oh, really?” I responded sarcastically. I couldn’t help myself. “Everyone? That’s disingenuous.” The Tokyo robot was one of many robots and o