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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 2, 2019 13:49:04 GMT
(CNN)Have you ever noticed the popularity of white robots? You see them in films like Will Smith's "I, Robot" and Eve from "Wall-E." Real-life examples include Honda's Asimo, UBTECH's Walker, Boston Dynamics' Atlas, and even NASA's Valkyrie robot. All made of shiny white material. And some real-life humanoid robots are modeled after white celebrities, such as Audrey Hepburn and Scarlett Johansson. The reason for these shades of technological white may be racism, according to new research. "Robots And Racism," a study conducted by the Human Interface Technology Laboratory in New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ) and published by the country's University of Canterbury, suggests people perceive physically human-like robots to have a race and therefore apply racial stereotypes to white and black robots. These colors have been found to trigger social cues that determine how humans react to and behave toward other people and also, apparently, robots. "The bias against black robots is a result of bias against African-Americans," lead researcher Christoph Bartneck explained to The Next Web. He told CNN, "It is amazing to see how people who had no prior interaction with robots show racial bias towards them."
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 2, 2019 13:49:16 GMT
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Post by barb43 on Aug 3, 2019 3:49:58 GMT
Well, maybe, but if it could be the "power of suggestion" causing this problem, if it really exists. This is another one of those kooky wastes of research money. So, keeping it corny, I'd like to offer a solution. Let's not talk race, let's talk good and evil. If all the "good" robots looked like these guys: And all the "evil" robots looked like this guy:
The world with robots would be a far better place, and people could get on with their business in relative peace.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 3, 2019 15:32:44 GMT
Some people are just going out of their way looking for any old foolish reason to be offended while at the same time totally ignoring those things in our society that really should be cause for offense.
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