PEOPLE GET READY! THE FIGHT AGAINST A JOBLESS ECONOMY & A CITIZENLESS DEMOCRACY, McChesney & Nichols

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2. 'ATLAS', The Next Generation from Boston Dynamics. Full on 'humanesque' robot

that can manage advanced movements, manoeuver with remarkable agility and cognition, and perform tasks and work that humans are capable of. And the Atlases are being improving rapidly.

This technology has been developing for decades of course, with major new breakthroughs in the last 5-10 years. Advancements in robotics, AI/Artificial Intelligence, cognitive functions, self driving vehicles and plans for widespread automation and irreversible job replacement in many fields as the authors address, are being worked on by the best, brightest, most dedicated and richest technicians, scientists and corporations in the US, Europe, Japan and China. Sadly not enough people are aware of the profound changes coming.

Upheavals and challenges presented by the new technological revolution for societies, and the growing applications for surveillance, medicine, population control, military operations and virtually every field are enormous.
The present and near future transformation we humans face could be very disruptive, painful and dark for the majority, unless committed civic leaders and the best experts in major fields worldwide organize and begin efforts to utilize technology for the preservation and enhancement of human existence, all life on earth and the planet....
Call me idealistic, I wear the term proudly, and also respect and revere nature.