People afraid of robots much more likely to fear losing job

“Technophobes” - people who fear robots, artificial intelligence and new technology that they don’t understand — are much more likely to be afraid of losing their jobs due to technology and to suffer anxiety-related mental health issues, new research shows.
More than a third of those in the study fit its definition of “technophobe” and are more fearful of automation that could lead to job displacement than they are of potentially threatening or dangerous circumstances such as romantic rejection, public speaking and police brutality, the study found. An article about the research is published in Social Science Computer Review (News Item Baylor University, 21 March 2017).
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