Friday, November 29, 2013

The rise of the machines: It is okay to torture a robot?

<p>MIT researcher asks if we become attached to our robots, can we avoid having human emotions towards them?Experiments involved torturing toys after letting children play with themThe kids found it incredibly difficult to destroy the toys as they became attached even after a short timeResearchers are converging on the idea that if a robot looks like it is alive, we feel empathy towards them, even though we know they are artificial</p><p>By Daily Mail Reporter</p><p>PUBLISHED:01:30 EST, 29 November 2013| UPDATED:01:31 EST, 29 November 2013</p><p>Robots already live amongst us, but should they have the same rights as humans and should we be allowed to torture them?</p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2515400/The-rise-machines-It-okay-torture-robot.html">Keep reading...</a></p>

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