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#976 Azim Shariff: Social Robots, Free Will, Rags-To-Riches Stories, and the Moralization of Effort

The Dissenter

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This chapter examines how cultural differences shape our understanding of robots and AI, particularly through the lens of robot preachers and beliefs in free will. It also analyzes the impact of rags-to-riches narratives on societal attitudes towards poverty and effort, linking these discussions to broader political consequences.

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