News in Brief Viewfinder: A Bartending Robot in Germany Robots from the company Kuka serve non-alcoholic beer during the Hannover Fair on April 23rd, 2018, in Hanover, Germany. Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Viewfinder: A Robot Cop in Dubai The world's first operational police robot stands at attention in Dubai before a military cannon is fired to mark the end of the fasting day on May 31st, 2017, for Muslims observing Ramadan. Pacific Standard Staff
Environment Who’s Afraid of Robot Culture? Fear not the machines of the future. We can—and should—use the tools we’ve been developing to be both more critical and more creative. Kyle Chayka
Social Justice Rise of the Robot Artist Everyone knows computers are good at processing information and humans are good at creativity. What if it's the other way around? Chris V. Nicholson