What's love got to do with robots? Quite a bit, researchers warn against anthropomorphising machines with human-esque behaviours
"Simulated love is never love," researchers warn humans to be wary of robots' emotions, as people tend to anthropomorphise smart robots, especially when they move or act in even vaguely human-like ways.
After more than two years in her house, the foot-tall humanoid and its inviting, round screen "face" had started to grate on her. Sure, it danced and played fun word games with her kids, but it also sometimes interrupted her during conference calls. Designers acknowledge that such traits can be powerful tools for both connection and manipulation. That could be an especially acute issue as robots move into our homes — particularly if, like so many other home devices, they also turn into conduits for data collected on their owners.
"Even if you know a robot has very little autonomy, when something moves in your space and it seems to have a sense of purpose, we associate that with something having an inner awareness or goals," she said. "The performance of empathy is not empathy," she said. "Simulated thinking might be thinking, but simulated feeling is never feeling. Simulated love is never love."Designers at robotic start-ups insist that humanising elements are critical as robot use expands.
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