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MPs are told the word ‘robot’ is not derogatory, but only if it’s an intelligent one | Independent
MPs have been told that calling an opponent “robot” is not a derogatory term – but only if they are referring to a “high functioning intelligent robot”. The bizarre row over whether the word was unparliamentary erupted during a debate on the renewal of Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent, led by the SNP. After John Woodcock, a pro-Trident Labour MP, launched a scathing attack on the SNP’s record on education and health in Scotland, SNP MPs attempted to intervene.
Hallie Siegel’s insight:
More peanuts, please.
Hallie Siegel
robotics editor-at-large
Hallie Siegel
robotics editor-at-large
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