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ROBOT SWARMS INVADE KENTUCKY
BUT IT'S OK, THEY'RE HERE TO HELP YOU

In his second dispatch from the Idea Festival in Louisville, Evgeny Morozov watches a podium-full of robots buzz around like bees, ask each other questions, find an orange, leave the room, form an orchestra, and prepare one day to save your life ...

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