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  • Do you think you could be friends with a robot?

  • Would you maybe even die for one?

  • Anthony here, for D News.

  • And we love to anthropomorphic stuff.

  • That's where we assign human qualities

  • to animals or objects.

  • You know like, that electrical socket looks hungry,

  • or that lamp is sad.

  • Probably because that electrical socket is eating its tail.

  • Researchers think it helps us feel connected

  • to things, gives us a feeling of control.

  • We might not understand why our car is broken down,

  • but it makes us feel less overwhelmed to say,

  • oh, it's just mad at me.

  • This becomes particularly interesting with something

  • like a robot, which is built to actually behave

  • like it does have a mind of its own.

  • Recently a lot of studies and pilot programs

  • have shown that the elderly and disabled, especially people

  • with dementia can benefit from the social interaction that

  • comes with having a simple robot in the house.

  • It can keep them more engaged and make

  • them feel less isolated.

  • But there's a downside to that sort of anthropomorphizing.

  • A recent university of Washington study

  • suggests that forming emotional bond to a robot

  • might affect a soldiers outcome in the field.

  • See, robots are used for a lot of reasons in battle.

  • Everything from weapon diffusion to search and rescue,

  • even combat.

  • There a tool design to keep humans out of harm's way.

  • But after a while, soldiers begin

  • to look at them as friends.

  • And the concern is that might compromise their decision

  • making.

  • 23 soldiers that work regularly with robots

  • were interviewed by the researchers.

  • And they all said that they named their robots,

  • they gave their robots a gender, they

  • admitted to having feelings of sadness

  • or anger when the robot got damaged.

  • They would say things like, oh poor little guy.

  • And in some cases, the soldiers admitted to a feeling of loss

  • when the robot was destroyed and even

  • had mock funerals for them.

  • They're considered team members.

  • But while they admitted to thinking of their robots

  • as little buddies, every soldier interviewed

  • said that they did not believe that that outlook compromised

  • their decision making in the field at all.

  • Which is probably true.

  • But it would require much more long term observation

  • of their behavior in the field to actually prove it.

  • Researchers are more concerned about what

  • happens when the current simple Rover Wally looking robots

  • are replaced by humanoid or animal like ones like Boston

  • Dynamics big dog.

  • The more a robot seems like a living thing,

  • the more we get attached to it.

  • And the more we begin to give it credit for more intelligence

  • or ability than it actually has.

  • And that doesn't just mean physical appearance,

  • that means movement or other behavior as well.

  • So how lifelike would a robot have

  • to be before a soldier really does look at it like a pet?

  • Or even like another soldier?

  • And could it lead them to make emotionally inappropriate

  • decisions to keep that robot out of harm's way?

  • I worry about my neighbors in animal

  • crossing like they are real people.

  • So I can absolutely see myself getting way

  • to attached to a robot.

  • What about you?

  • Do you think that we will eventually

  • see robots as friends?

  • Or will we always be able to think of them as tools?

  • Let us know down below and subscribe for more D News.

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私たちはロボットと恋に落ちることができますか? (Can We Fall In Love With Robots?)

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    Cheng-Hong Liu に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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