NPR covered this last week, I think it's fascinating to think about how our social responses change with different types of intelligent machines.<br><br><br><em>"The robots intelligence had a strong effect on the users’ hesitation
to switch it off, in particular if the robot acted agreeable.
Participants hesitated almost three times as long to switch off an
intelligent and agreeable robot (34.5 seconds) compared to an
unintelligent and non agreeable robot (11.8 seconds). ...Switching off a
robot can only be considered a negative event if the robot is to some
degree alive. If a robot would not be perceived as being alive then
switching it off would not matter.</em>"<br><br><a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/good-news-humans-have-trouble-killing-robots">http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/good-news-humans-have-trouble-killing-robots</a><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Saiph Savage<br><br><br>