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04-29-2014, 12:42 AM
Can You Teach a Robot How **t to Be a Jerk?
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For some people, the only thing scarier than a robot is a rude robot. But what if you could teach robots how to be polite — even ethical?
Robots can be programmed to think and use absolute logic to make good decisions. They're best, though, when the task and desired outcomes are k**wn. Variables, like human interaction, can be accounted for, but good luck getting a robot to intuit what us emotional humans are thinking or understand our intent. Some experts though, believe robots can be trained to do the right thing.
See also: 15 Nerd-tastic Robots From CES 2014 (http://mashable.com/2014/01/10/15-nerd-tastic-robots-ces-2014/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
AJung Moon has been working on developing robots that k**w right from wrong and can act accordingly. She's focused, in particular, on what she calls "robot ethics." She's so committed to the cause that her Twitter handle is actually @RoboEthics (https://twitter.com/RoboEthics). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/robot-right-wrong/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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For some people, the only thing scarier than a robot is a rude robot. But what if you could teach robots how to be polite — even ethical?
Robots can be programmed to think and use absolute logic to make good decisions. They're best, though, when the task and desired outcomes are k**wn. Variables, like human interaction, can be accounted for, but good luck getting a robot to intuit what us emotional humans are thinking or understand our intent. Some experts though, believe robots can be trained to do the right thing.
See also: 15 Nerd-tastic Robots From CES 2014 (http://mashable.com/2014/01/10/15-nerd-tastic-robots-ces-2014/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
AJung Moon has been working on developing robots that k**w right from wrong and can act accordingly. She's focused, in particular, on what she calls "robot ethics." She's so committed to the cause that her Twitter handle is actually @RoboEthics (https://twitter.com/RoboEthics). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/robot-right-wrong/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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