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Kate Darling on Why Humans Bond With Robots
Humans know robots are machines.
That does not stop us from naming them, caring about them, or feeling uncomfortable when someone hurts one.
In this episode of Automated, Brian Heater speaks with Kate Darling, Research Lead for Robotics, Ethics & Society at RAI Institute, about why social robots may be far more valuable than their current capabilities suggest.
Kate believes every social robot we have seen so far is still in the PalmPilot stage of innovation. The breakthrough may come when people stop asking what a robot does and begin recognizing companionship itself as the application.
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