Stephen Hawking's final words to the internet: robots aren't the problem, capitalism is

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But I imagine some wing-nut is already muttering “yes, well, the alternative is gulags, censorship and re-education centers, so no thanks you lousy commie.”

Considering the private prison system, the influence of corporate sponsors on media programmes and the likes of Betsy DeVos, arguably the USA are more than halfway there already - courtesy of capitalism.