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The Touchy Task of Making Robots Seem Human—But Not Too Human

 

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Jan. 19, 2017

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But some human traits could be a good thing. “If you get the balance right, people will like interacting with the robot, and will stop using it as a device and start using it as a social being,” says Kate Darling, who studies human-robot interactions at MIT’s Media Lab.

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