“Roughly half of Americans would feel better about the concept of a robot caregiver if there was a human operator who could remotely monitor its actions at all times.” —“Automation in Everyday Life,” Pew Research Center (2017) The thing is beeping at Brad. > Begin EOL protocol. OK? > Beep. > OK to begin? All he needs to do is accept. Click it and the action cascade will download to his tablet, setting into motion the procedure. End of Life. > Beep.

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