The now and future of social robots as depictions.

Journal: The Behavioral and brain sciences
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Abstract

The authors at times propose that robots mere depictions of social agents (a philosophical claim) and at other times that social robots as depictions (an empirical psychological claim). We evaluate each claim's accuracy both now and in the future and, in doing so, we introduce two dangerous misperceptions people have, or will have, about social robots.

Authors

  • Bertram F Malle
    Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, United States of America.
  • Xuan Zhao
    Department of Orthopedics & Elderly Spinal Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China.