Will smart machines create a world without work?

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • In this May, 28, 2010, file photo, people line up to enter a government job center in Madrid. According to a report released by the Associated Press in January 2013, of the 17 European countries that use the euro as their currency, almost 4.3 million low-pay jobs have been g...

Associated Press • In this file photo, an engineer checks communication cables in the Media Gateway lab simulating translation between disparate telecommunications networks in Ericsson’s research and development center in Budapest, Hungary. An Associated Press investigation released...

WASHINGTON—They seem right out of a Hollywood fantasy, and they are: Cars that drive themselves have appeared in movies like “I, Robot” and the television show “Knight Rider.”

Now, three years after Google invented one, automated cars could be on their wa...

Published: 01/25/2013