The Robot Apocalypse is Already Here (But the Robots Are Not What You Think)

The Philosophers' Magazine:54-58 (2021)
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This essay argues that the modern business corporations are robots that are taking over the world in their single-minded pursuit of their own goals.

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10.5840/tpm20229612

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Gabriele Contessa
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