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The now and future of social robots as depictions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2023

Bertram F. Malle Open the ORCID record for Bertram F. Malle [Opens in a new window]  and
Xuan Zhao
Bertram F. Malle
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Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA bfmalle@brown.edu http://bit.ly/bfmalle
Xuan Zhao
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA xuanzhao@stanford.edu https://www.xuan-zhao.com/
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Abstract

The authors at times propose that robots are mere depictions of social agents (a philosophical claim) and at other times that people conceive of social robots as depictions (an empirical psychological claim). We evaluate each claim's accuracy both now and in the future and, in doing so, we introduce two dangerous misperceptions people have, or will have, about social robots.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e39
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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