Below are the endnotes from “Robots in Your Future” by James Bosworth (Spring 2015 AQ.)
- “United States to Expand Trade Opportunities with Mexico through Safe Cross-Border Trucking.” Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, January 9, 2015, <www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/united-states-expand-trade-opportunities-mexico-through-safe-cross-border-trucking> (accessed April 13, 2015).
- For example, the Iris+ from 3dRobotics, a company based out of San Diego that manufactures in Tijuana, can be purchased for $750 from their website: <store.3drobotics.com/products/iris> (accessed April 13, 2015).
- Vijay Kumar, “Robots that fly … and cooperate,” Ted, February 2012, <www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate> (accessed April 13, 2015).
- See W. Alejandro Sanchez, “Lift Off: Drone Usage in Latin America Takes Flight,” Council on Hemispheric Affairs, January 12, 2015, <www.coha.org/lift-off-drone-usage-in-latin-america-takes-flight > (accessed April 13, 2015); and Rachel Glickhouse, “Explainer: Drones in Latin America,” Americas Society/Council of the Americas, August 28, 2013, <www.as-coa.org/articles/explainer-drones-latin-america> (accessed April 13, 2015).
- One computer arguably came close by fooling a third of judges in 2014, but whether this is a true passing of the Turing Test remains disputed. See “Computer simulating 13-year-old boy becomes first to pass Turing test,” The Guardian, June 9, 2014, <www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/08/super-computer-simulates-13-year-old-boy-passes-turing-test>.
- “The Onrushing Wave,” The Economist, January 18, 2014, <www.economist.com/news/briefing/21594264-previous-technological-innovation-has-always-delivered-more-long-run-employment-not-less> (accessed April 13, 2015).
- John Markoff, “Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software,” New York Times, March 4, 2011, <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/science/05legal.html> (accessed April 13, 2015).
- Martin Williams, “Tech is removing language barriers – but will jobs be lost in translation?” The Guardian, September 9, 2014, <www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/19/tech-removing-language-barriers-jobs-lost-translation> (accessed April 13, 2015).
