OBAMA WARNS ROBOTS

December 1, 2009 by Hideaki Tailor

WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama hosted an event for young inventors, but he had a few choice words for robots.

President Barack Obama started his “Educate to Innovate” campaign, which aims to improve the science, technology, engineering and math education in public schools.

Part of the initiative is to invite winners of national competitions to attend an annual White House Science Fair, as a reward to the young people who may be future American leaders in science.

While speaking to a room of young mathletes and robot designers, Obama made sure to emphasize another reason for his plan, notably the threat of the robot uprising: