Friday, August 3, 2018

Turn Off the Robot

Here is an interesting study about turning off robots.  When the robot begged to not be turned off, humans hesitated or even complied with the robot.  Does this bode ill for the future?  Probably not.  As robots become more common and people become familiar with how they operate, this experiment will likely flip.  Turning off a robot will become no more unusual than turning off the TV or a computer.  If only the folks at Westworld could have installed an off switch...

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