What is it about?
Research shows that people treat humanoids differently from non-anthropomorphic machines. People think anthropomorphic machines are more competent like humans. People feel less lonely spending time with anthropomorphic machines. People trust anthropomorphic machines more. Moreover, people expect anthropomorphic 'machines' to be moral.
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Why is it important?
How people treat humanoids make us rethink about the boundary definition of humans. Anthropomorphism influences how people interact with machines at cognitive and motivational levels.
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This page is a summary of: Anthropomorphism and Human-Robot Interaction, Communications of the ACM, January 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3624716.
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