Name: How a Small US Town Is Leading the Way in AI, Robotics, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Description: Technology, AI, robotics. We don’t always see it, but these days we are always surrounded by it.

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Technology, AI, robotics. We don’t always see it, but these days we are always surrounded by it.

In the wrong hands, robots can be hacked, manipulated, or even programmed to kill.

And will robots replace our jobs, or will they create a new industry requiring new workers to learn new skills?

We went to a most unlikely place, away from all the tech centers, to find out where the future of technology, AI, and robots are taking us in the fourth industrial revolution. The most encouraging thing we found was good people who are working hard to stay ahead and keep us safe in the race of technology.

<em>Hosted by award-winning documentary filmmaker and author, Kay Rubacek, Life & Times travels the nation to bring you the hopeful stories behind the biggest news of today.</em>

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Kay Rubacek is an award-winning filmmaker, author, speaker, and former host of NTD's “Life &amp; Times.” After being detained in a Chinese prison for advocating for human rights, she has dedicated her work to facing communist and socialist regimes in their modern, global forms. She has also contributed to The Epoch Times since 2010.

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