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MAYBE it’s out of fascination or perhaps out of of fear but robots abound at the moment, whether onstage in Thomas Eccleshare’s Instructions for Correct Assembly at the Royal Court Theatre or on TV in Westworld.
In Eccleshare’s play, parents replace their dead son with a robot equivalent while in Westworld rich clients visit a Western-themed “park” populated by robots who’ll cater to your every sexual, or violent, whim.
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