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| I, human
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| Description:
| Robotics: They are staples of science fiction. And it seems that humanoid robots may make people feel more at ease than other designs. ... The study, published in the Public Library of Science, was led by Soren Krach and Tilo Kircher of the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Aachen University. They used a scanning technique, called functional magnetic-resonance imaging, to find out how people’s brains respond to various sorts of robots. Dr Krach and Dr Kircher chose the “prisoner’s dilemma” game because it involves a difficult choice: whether to co-operate with the other player or betray him. ... ... shows that the less human-like a robot is in its appearance, the less it will be treated as if it were human. That may mean it will be trusted less—and might therefore not sell as well as a humanoid design.
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| Orig. Date:
| Sep 4th 2008
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| Source:
| The Economist print edition [Technology Quarterly]
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| Contributor:
| Bruce Buchanan
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| Type:
| Text
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| Language:
| English
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| Format:
| html
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| Last Edit:
| Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:11:26 -0700
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