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Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners

Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners

18 March 2020

Kate Darling researches human-robot interaction. She explains why we are prone to forming emotional connections with robots and what we can learn from our relationships with pets and other animals
Why algorithms love giraffes and create hilarious recipes

Why algorithms love giraffes and create hilarious recipes

18 December 2019

Chop your flour and peel some rosemary. Recipe instructions like this say a lot about AI intelligence, says Janelle Shane – and that's not to mention the giraffes
The hardest thing about robots? Teaching them to cope with us

The hardest thing about robots? Teaching them to cope with us

7 August 2019

Humans are spectacularly weird and unpredictable. Computer scientist Anca Dragan is working on helpful robots that understand how we get things wrong

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