Melania Trump is right that the robots are here – but she’s wrong on how to handle it

‘The first lady has made clear that she is not beholden to things like “duty” or “tradition” like her predecessors.’ Photograph: Andrew Leyden/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

MelanAI is coming for your kids

“The robots are here,” proclaimed Melania Trump during an AI event at the White House on Thursday. It can be hard to parse the first lady’s poker face and expressionless voice, but this certainly wasn’t a statement of regret. Rather Trump, reading from a script encased in a very analogue binder, was taking it upon herself to help America’s children navigate AI, which she touted as the “greatest engine of progress in the history of the United States of America”.