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NEW YORK -- We are entering an age of accelerated development of artificial and robotic technology, three panelists told an audience of investors, engineers and journalists recently.

"A lot of the things that technology was traditionally lousy at are now really, really good, and getting better all the time," said Andrew McAfee, the principal research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "This is unprecedented and unexpected."

McAfee was speaking at an annual http://www.cfr.org/technology-and-science/malcolm-carolyn-wiener-annual-lecture-science-technology-artificial-intelligence-rise-robots/p36182